31st Annual IBA Communications and Competition Law Conference
25 Apr - 26 Apr 2022
Session information
Merger trends in the technology and telecommunications sectors
Monday 25 April (1430 - 1545)
Committee(s)
Antitrust Section
(Lead)
Communications Law Committee
(Lead)
Description
The session will examine and review the latest mergers in the telecoms, media and tech sectors. The panel will discuss key issues, trends and themes coming out of these recent mergers including horizontal consolidation, vertical aspects, the importance of data, market definition in dynamic markets.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Sam Feder | Jenner & Block, Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Regulators Liaison Officer, Communications Law Committee |
| Kyriakos Fountoukakos | Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, Brussels, Belgium; Vice Chair, Antitrust Section |
Speakers
| Kirsten Edwards-Warren | Compass Lexecon, London, England |
| Jared Hughes | US Department of Justice - Antitrust Division, Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| Juan Jimenez-Laiglesia | PEREZ-LLORCA, Madrid, Spain |
| Annemiek Wilpshaar | European Commission DG for Competition, Brussels, Belgium |
| Angeline Woods | Uber, Amsterdam, Netherlands |