LANGUAGES:

English, French, German

OBJECTIVE:

This year’s annual conference will update practitioners on the latest developments and trends from the European Commission and on the most recent case law from the Court of Justice of the EU. Attention will be paid to current hot issues, such as Brexit and lessons learned from recent cases in different sectors.

KEY TOPICS:

• Update from the European Commission
• CJEU judgments of the past year
• Banking resolution and nonperforming loans
• State aid for sports and infrastructure
• Impact of Brexit
• Developments on the funding of Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI)

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Civil servants, in-house counsel, lawyers in private practice, industry representatives

SPEAKERS:

Lukas Ament, State Aid Coordination Center for Local and Regional Governments, Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, The Hague

Dr Marc Bungenberg, Professor, Chair for Public Law, Public International Law and European Law, Europa-Institut, University of Saarland, Saarbrücken

Nicole Coutrelis, Coutrelis & Associés, Paris

Jacques Derenne, Partner, Head of EU Competition and Regulatory, Sheppard Mullin, Brussels; Associate Professor, University of Liège

Anna Gardella, Legal Expert, Resolution Unit, European Banking Authority (EBA), London

Viktor Kreuschitz, Judge, General Court of the EU, Luxembourg

Alfonso Lamadrid de Pablo, Principal Associate, Garrigues, Brussels

Paul-John Loewenthal, Member of the Legal Service, European Commission, Brussels

Conor Quigley QC, Serle Court Chambers, London; University of Oxford

Lena Sandberg, Of Counsel, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Brussels

Jean-Luc Sauron, Judge responsible for European Law, Conseil d’Etat (French Supreme Administrative Court); Professor of Law, Paris Dauphine University, Paris

Karl Soukup, Director, State Aid: General Scrutiny and Enforcement Directorate, DG Competition, European Commission, Brussels

Kai Struckmann, Partner, White & Case, Brussels