Following the successful launch of the Distinguished Speakers Series (DSS) in January this year, CCS is proud to present its second DSS lecture titled “Competition Law– Challenges and Opportunities for Businesses and Agencies in an International Context”.

Details

Date               : 30 July 2008, Wednesday

Time               : 10.30am to noon (Registration and breakfast start at 9.00 am)

Venue            : Singapore Marriott Hotel, The Grand Ballroom, Level 3

Speaker         : Mr Philip Collins (Chairman, UK Office of Fair Trading)

Lecture Objective

The CCS is committed to championing competition for growth and choice. As part of its efforts to create greater awareness, generate debate and invite feedback on competition issues, CCS launched the DSS in January this year.

Lecture Synopsis

Philip Collins will discuss some topical issues in competition law and policy around a number of themes: the role and powers of public agencies including civil and criminal enforcement, education and advocacy; the prioritisation and evaluation of their work; the relationship between public enforcement and private actions; encouraging deterrence and facilitating compliance; the pro- and anti-competitive effects of unilateral conduct; and the benefits of international co-operation co-ordination and convergence.

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Speaker’s Profile

Mr Phillip Collins is a solicitor who has practised in the UK and EU competition law field for more than 30 years, initially in London and latterly in Brussels. He was formerly a partner in Lovells where, in 1978 he was the first partner appointed to specialise in competition law. With the subsequent development of the practice, he was made head of the firm's competition and EU law practice. Subsequently, and until 30 September 2005, he was Senior Counsel at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, based in Brussels. He was one of the founders of the Competition Law Forum established at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and a member of its Advisory Board from its foundation in 2002 until 2005. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the "European Competition Journal".

Participation

By Invitation Only.

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