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As Co-Chairs of the International Antitrust Law Committee, we welcome you to the Committee's award-winning website.
The Committee is an international network of antitrust practitioners and officials from many jurisdictions, including those with established and developing antitrust regimes. We provide a unique forum for practitioners and others with an interest in antitrust to learn about antitrust developments around the world as they happen, influence international antitrust policy and laws, and connect with an interesting and fun group of professionals from all corners of the globe.
During this 2009-2010 ABA year, we plan to build on our platform of award winning programs, publications and policy initiatives we have pursued in prior years. Last year, the Committee received awards from the leadership of ABA's Section of International Law for outstanding overall performance (Special Chair's award), best committee web site, and best program at the 2009 Spring Meeting (2008 Financial Crisis: What Do We Need After the Financial Meltdown? The Invisible Hand of the Market or the Visible Hand of Regulation?). Our Committee's success would not be possible without the energy, inspiration and involvement of our members and we welcome new suggestions and innovative ideas. This coming year, the Committee will have many opportunities for you to get involved in our publications, policy and programming, and we encourage the participation of all Committee members.
Publications: In addition to this web page, the Committee's publishing efforts include an active listserve, the annual Year-in-Review, and the Essentials of Merger Review project.
Listserve: Our Committee listserve enables members to share current information on antitrust developments around the world. The listserve is also a good way (along with this web page) to keep informed about the Committee's programs and activities. If you're not already a member of the listserve, we encourage you to join by using the link on the right-hand-side of this page.
Year-in-Review: The Committee annually publishes a Year-in-Review highlighting the latest competition law developments in jurisdictions around the world. Our most recent annual review (for 2008) covered more than thirty jurisdictions. You can find a link to several of our recent Year-in-Review publications on the right-hand side of this page. We are already beginning the process of identifying jurisdictional authors for our 2009 publication. Please reach out to our Vice-Chair for our Year-in-Review, Susana Cabrera (susana.cabrera@garrigues.com), if you are interested in contributing to this publication. With strong demand for these positions, we can't promise you that your jurisdiction will be available this year, but we will do our best to involve you in this publication.
Essentials of Merger Review: This ongoing Committee project provides an online resource for practitioners to learn the "essentials of merger review" in key antitrust jurisdictions around the world. We already have posted reports for 40 jurisdictions, and we recently created a user-friendly interface to guide you quickly to the information you need by clicking on an interactive world map. Please use the links on the right-hand-side of this web page to see these reports. If you'd like to prepare a report for a jurisdiction not shown or update information in an existing report, please contact the responsible Regional Supervisor.
If you have ideas or suggestions for other publications, we'd love to hear them, especially if you're interested in leading the charge.
Policy: On the policy front, our network of Committee representatives and contacts actively monitors prospective new competition laws and legislative/regulatory changes before they are implemented in jurisdictions around the world. When invited to comment, we frequently share our collective experience and suggestions on proposed new legislation and regulations for these jurisdictions to consider in refining and finalizing their proposals. Due to the frequency of these developments, the Antitrust Committee provides unparalleled opportunity to make an impact on policy and legislative developments in antitrust around the world. You'll find the numerous recent comments that the Section has helped prepare on the right-hand-side of this page.
If you'd like to participate in future comments, please join our listserve and keep an eye out for our emails, as we regularly send out requests for volunteers to prepare comments. In addition, we are looking for a volunteer to review our historical comments to identify general themes. We hope to prepare a template set of comments for ABA approval in order to enable the more rapid submission of future comments. Please let us know if you'd like to lead or assist in this effort.
The Committee representatives below are responsible for monitoring competition law developments and legislative/regulatory changes in each geographic region. The geographic regions are broad, so we would appreciate your assistance in keeping the Committee informed of competition law developments and prospective legislative/regulatory changes in your jurisdiction. Please advise the applicable representative below of any relevant developments in your region:
- North America: David Beddow (dbeddow@omm.com) & Paul Crampton (pcrampton@osler.com)
- South America: Bruno Peixoto (bpeixoto@lannapeixoto.com.br)
- Europe: Par Remnelid (per.remnelid@vinge.se)
- Asia/Pacific: Yee Wah Chin (yeewah.chin@gmail.com)
Programming: As evidenced by our award for best program at the 2009 Spring Meeting, the Committee develops terrific programs for the Section's seasonal meetings. Last year, we developed a 12-program track for the 2008 Fall Meeting in Brussels, attracting over 100 competition law practitioners to the meeting. We expect to sponsor programs at the Section's two main seasonal meetings (Fall and Spring) again this year. This year, the Fall Meeting will take place in Miami, from Oct. 27 to Oct. 31, and the Spring Meeting will take place in New York City, from April 13 to April 17. Attending our seasonal meetings is a great way to meet other Committee and Section members and get involved in our activities. For more on these meetings please see the Section's calendar link on the left-hand-side of this page. We also expect to also seek program proposals during the course of this ABA for the meetings during the 2010-11 ABA year, and we welcome your suggestions. Once again, please keep an eye out for our listserve emails regarding these opportunities.
The Committee also provides Brown Bag teleconferences on topical international antitrust issues on a regular basis throughout the year. Many of these programs are free or available at minimum cost. One of our recent teleconferences is described below this welcome note. In addition, the Committee presents CLE teleconferences, where participants can earn CLE credit.
If you have a suggestion or would like to help organize one of these programs, please contact our Vice-Chair for programming, Mark Katz (mkatz@dwpv.com).
As a member of this Committee, you will have access to a wide range of programs, publications and other Committee activities. You will also enjoy the unique opportunity to build your own network of antitrust colleagues around the world. One of the best aspects of the Committee is that we always encourage new faces, ideas and contributions; you can quickly become an integral part of what we do. In this regard, we are always interested in adding Committee Members to our Steering Group, which meets telephonically once-a-month and helps develop the Committee's agenda and activities. The Steering Group is also the source for future vice-chairs and chairs of the Committee.
Please let us know if you'd like to become a Steering Group Member. With your help, we look forward to making this our best Committee year to date!
Best regards,
Co-Chairs:
Fiona Schaeffer
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
David Schwartz
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
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