Special Session

11 June 2025 – 3.00 p.m.
BELOW THRESHOLD MERGERS: EU AND NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES

Florence, Istituto degli Innocenti (Piazza della SS. Annunziata 12)

Alberto Pera – Chairperson, Associazione Antitrust Italiana

Matteo Beretta – Associazione Antitrust Italiana

Moderator:
Alberto Pera – Chairperson, Associazione Antitrust Italiana

Panellists:
Jerome Vidal – Deputy General Rapporteur and Head of the Mergers Unit, Autorité de la Concurrence
Friso Koel – Deputy Director of ACM’s Competition Department, Autoriteit Consument & Markt
Saverio Valentino – Board Member, Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato
Micaela Arias – Special Advisor Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia
Bundeskartellamt (to be confirmed)

Moderator:
Alberto Pera – Associazione Antitrust Italiana

Panellists:
Jerome Vidal – Deputy General Rapporteur and Head of the Mergers Unit, Autorité de la Concurrence
Friso Koel – Deputy Director of ACM’s Competition Department, Autoriteit Consument & Markt
Saverio Valentino – Board Member, Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato
Micaela Arias – Special Advisor Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia
Bundeskartellamt (to be confirmed)

Moderator:
Domenico Gullo – Associazione Antitrust Italiana

Panellists:
Katrin Schallenberg – Avocats Pratiquant le Droit de la Concurrence, France
Ilaria De Lisa – Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e. V., Germany
Andrea Cicala – Associazione Antitrust Italiana, Italy
Mauricette Schaufeli – Vereniging voor Mededingingsrecht Competition Law Association, Netherlands
Pablo Solano Díaz – Asociacion Española para la Defensa de la Competencia, Spain

Daniele Calisti – Head of Unit for Mergers Policy, DG Competition, European Commission

* To be confirmed

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The event will be conducted in English and will be streamed live on the Italian Antitrust Association’s channel.