XX EU and Spanish Competition Law Course

Program

Introductory session

13 January (evening schedule)

Module I – Cartels

16-18 January (evening schedule)

Module II – Other restrictive agreements and practices; horizontal and vertical agreements

23-25 January (evening schedule)

Seminar 1 – A year in review: competition law developments in 2016

3 February (all day)

Module III – Abuse of dominance

6-8 February (evening schedule)

Module IV – Merger control

13-15 February (evening schedule)

Seminar 2 – EU competition law in transport

24 February (all day)

Module V – Competition law and sector-specific regulation

27 February-1 March (evening schedule)

Module VI –Competition law and state aid rules. Public entities.

6-8 March (evening schedule)

Seminar 3 – Looking far back: 20 years of landmark cases – celebrating our 20th anniversary.

17 March (all day)

Practical workshops

6 practical workshops lasting three hours (one practical workshop for each module) aimed to familiarise students with the day-to-day Competition law practice, conducted by professionals of the main Spanish and international law firms. Calendar to be confirmed.

Research work

60-hour research work, in which students will have to write an essay on a Competition law issue of current interest with a variable length depending on the chosen topic.

Sponsors

The Course is sponsored by the law firms Garrigues, Uría Menéndez, MLAB, Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira, Gómez-Acebo y Pombo, Clifford Chance, Araoz y Rueda and DLA Piper, and the economic consulting firms NERA, Compass Lexecon and KPMG Asesores.

Information, Place Booking and Registration

There is a maximum number of 25 positions. Applications will be admitted until 5 January 2017 and the students´ selection process will take place thereafter.

The full course registration may be formalized until 12 January 2017, once the student has been admitted in the course.

The total cost of tuition fees for the course is €3,000. There is also the possibility of registering just for specific module(s) or seminar(s).

A full scholarship and two half scholarships are offered to those interested students without financial resources to pay the course and committing to complete it with success.

For more information, please freely contact Carlos Bobillo Barbeito (Tel. +34 646195709; E-mail: competencia@ieb.es).

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