The course is divided into 12 “learning blocks”, covering the full range of EU competition law and economics issues: joint ventures and horizontal cooperation agreements, vertical agreements and distribution networks, cartels, abuses of  a dominant position, mergers and acquisitions, State aid, etc.

With 15 hours of taught seminar for each learning block, this programme seeks to offer the strongest possible training in the various disciplines of competition policy. Moreover, most learning blocks are placed under the aegis of both a lawyer and an economist in order to fully embrace the ever growing multidisciplinary nature of competition law enforcement.

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Academic Programme

General Introduction to Competition Law and Economics, 15 hours, N. Petit (University of Liège) and S. Bishop (RBB Economics) The Law and Economics of Cartel Agreements, 15 hours, J. Ysewyn (Linklaters LLP) and E. Sakkers (DG COMP, European Commission) The Law and Economics of Horizontal Cooperation Agreements and Joint Ventures, 15 hours, S. Voelcker (WilmerHale LLP) and A. Lofaro (RBB Economics) The Law and Economics of Vertical Restraints, 15 hours, F. Wijckmans (Contrast) and T. Vergé (French Competition Authority) The Law and Economics of Abuse of Dominance, 15 hours, J-F. Bellis (Van Bael & Bellis) and A. Perrot (French Competition Authority) The Law and Economics of Merger Control, 15 hours, N. Levy (Cleary Gottlieb LLP) and P. Hofer (NERA) The Law and Economics of State Aid and other Anti-Competitive State Interventions, 15 hours, J. Derenne (Hogan Lovells LLP) and D. Spector (Paris School of Economics) The Procedural and Institutional Framework of EU Competition Enforcement, 15 hours, F. Castillo de la Torre (Legal Service, European Commission) and L. Ortiz Blanco (Garrigues) EU Competition Law and Intellectual Property, 15 hours, A. Strowel (FUSL and Covington & Burling LLP) and P. Belleflamme (University of Louvain-la-Neuve) Competition Law and the Regulation of Network Industries, 15 hours, P. Larouche (University of Tilburg) and J. Padilla (LECG) National Competition Law, 15 hours: - Belgian Competition Law: J. Steenbergen (Belgian Competition Authority) and A. Walckiers (Belgian Competition Authority) - French Competition Law: F. Zivy (French Competition Authority) and C. Lemaire (Ashurst LLP and University Paris I) - UK Competition Law: R. O’Donoghue (Brick Court Chambers) and C. Brown (Matrix Chambers) - German Competition Law: T. Jestaedt (Jones Day) and P. Werner (Howrey LLP) Consumer Protection and Unfair Trading Practices, 15 hours, J. Stuyck (University of Leuven and Liedekerke) and M. Lissowska (DG SANCO, European Commission)