Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak, our founding partner and head of ELIG Gürkaynak’s competition law and regulatory team, spoke at the “Advanced EU Competition Law” conference panel entitled “Review of Horizontal Restraints, Including Sustainability” organized by Informa Connect in London on April 24 – April 25, 2024. Ms. Caroline Thomas (Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright) moderated the panel and the other speakers included Ms. Eliza Petritsi (Director, Antitrust, Deutsche Bank), Mr. Miguel Perez Guerra (Director, Head of Antitrust, AB InBev) and Ms. Alena Kozakova (Director, E.CA Economics).

Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak, our founding partner and head of ELIG Gürkaynak’s competition law and regulatory team, spoke at the Digital Antitrust: How to regulate? Conference panel entitled “Revolutionising Competition Law: The Impact of Generative AI and AI Foundation Models” organized by Concurrences in Paris on April 25, 2024. Mr. David Bosco (Professor, University of Aix-Marseille) moderated the panel and the other speakers included Ms. Laurence Bary (Partner, Dechert, Paris), Ms. Blanche Savary de Beauregard (General Counsel and Secretary of the Board, Mistral AI, Paris) and Mr. Thibault Schrepel (Associate Professor of Law, Faculty Affiliate, VU Amsterdam).

Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak, our founding partner and head of ELIG Gürkaynak’s competition law and regulatory team, moderated the Legal 500 webinar entitled “Selected Contemporary Issues and Trends in Competition Law in Digital Markets” on Monday, March 4, 2024. The speakers of the webinar included Hon. Diane P. Wood (the Director of the American Law Institute; previously Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; and Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School), Mr. Cecilio Madero (Senior Counsel at APCO Worldwide, Former Deputy Director-General at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition, with more than 30 years of service at the European Commission). The full webinar session is available to view here.

Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak, our founding partner and head of ELIG Gürkaynak’s competition law and regulatory team, spoke at the Antitrust in Developing & Emerging Economies webinar panel entitled "Innovation and Competition Law: What Do Developing Countries Need?" organised by Concurrences on December 13, 2023. Mr. Harry First (Professor Emeritus, New York University School of Law) moderated the panel and the other speakers included Mr. Frédéric Jenny (Professor, ESSEC, Paris, Chairman, OECD Competition Committee), Mr. Mahmoud Momtaz (Chairman, Egyptian Competition Authority) and Mr. James Hodge (Chief Economist, South Africa Competition Commission).

Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak, our founding partner and head of ELIG Gürkaynak’s competition law and regulatory team, spoke at the Advanced EU Competition Law Conference panel entitled “Horizontal Restraints: Practical Review of the Guidelines” organised by Informa Connect in Brussels on November 21, 2023. Mr. Michael Bauer (Partner, CMS) moderated the session and the other speakers included Ms. Bitten Sorensen (Head of Competition Law & Policy, A.P. Moller-Maersk) and Mr. Niccolo Ciulli (Adviser, Competitiveness and Commercial Relations, EuroCommerce).

Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak, our founding partner and head of ELIG Gürkaynak’s competition law and regulatory team, participated in a short interview held during GCR Live: Global Merger Control 2023.

Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak, our founding partner and head of ELIG Gürkaynak’s competition law and regulatory team, spoke at the EU Merger Control 2023 Conference panel entitled “Managing Multijurisdictional Mergers: Is there Greater Divergence of Approaches by the Regulators?” organised by Informa Connect in Brussels on September 28, 2023. Mr. William Leslie (Partner, Linklaters) moderated the session and the other speakers included Ms. Naomi Burgoyne (Director, Mergers, Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)) and Ms. Catherine Higgs (Legal Director UK & Ireland and Global Competition Law Head, GSK).

Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak, our founding partner and head of ELIG Gürkaynak’s competition law and regulatory team, moderated the Legal 500 webinar entitled “Innovation Theories of Harm in Merger Control” on Thursday, October 19, 2023. The speakers of the webinar included Prof. David J. Teece (Professor in Global Business at the University of California's Haas School of Business (Berkeley)) and Prof. Damien Geradin (Founding Partner of Geradin Partners, Professor of Competition Law & Economics at Tilburg University, Visiting Professor of Law at University College London).

Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak, our founding partner and head of ELIG Gürkaynak’s competition law and regulatory team, spoke at the “Digital Antitrust: How to Regulate?” Conference panel entitled “Digital, Competition & Innovation: Does Competition Lead to Innovation or Does Innovation Lead to Competition?” organised by Concurrences in Paris on June 8, 2023. Dr. Fréderic Jenny (Chairman, OECD Competition Committee / Professor Emeritus, ESSEC Business School, Paris) moderated the session and the other speakers included Mr. James Baker (Associate Director, Frontier Economics, London), Dr. Eshien Chong (Chief Economist, French Competition Authority, Paris) and Dr. Thibault Schrepel (Associate Professor of Law, VU Amsterdam / Faculty Affiliate, Stanford University’s CodeX).

Conference video kindly provided by Concurrences.

Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak, our founding partner and head of ELIG Gürkaynak’s competition law and regulatory team, spoke at the 14th New Frontiers of Antitrust Conference panel entitled “Establishing Abuses of Dominance: Is the Effects-Based Approach Administrable?” organised by Concurrences in Paris on June 22, 2023. Dr. Damien Gerard (Prosecutor General, Belgian Competition Authority, Brussels) moderated the session and the other speakers included Ms. Inge Bernaerts (Director for Policy and Strategy, DG COMP, Brussels), Dr. Antoine Chapsal (Managing Principal, Analysis Group, Paris/Brussels/London) and Dr. Ioannis Lianos (Chair, Hellenic Competition Authority, Athens).

Conference video kindly provided by Concurrences