Training Workshop in Greece

PROGRAMME

Facilitators: Professor Panayotis Glavinis, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Thessaloniki and Scientific Coordinator of the Project; Mr. Dimitris Loukas, former Vice Chairman of the Hellenic Competition Commission, Attorney-at-Law (Law Firm Potamitis Vekris, Athens)

Wednesday 21 June 2017
14:30 – 20:30

Chair: Mr. Ioannis Gravaris, Vice President of the Hellenic Council of State

• Welcome addresses by Mr. Ioannis Gravaris, Vice President of the Hellenic Council of State, Mr. Dimitrios Kyritsakis, Chairman of the Hellenic Competition Commission and former Vice President of the Hellenic Supreme Court, Professor Spyridon Flogaitis, Director of the EPLO, Mr. Ioannis Symplis, Counselor of State on behalf of the Association of European Competition Law Judges (AECLJ)

• Welcome addresses by Professor Panayotis Glavinis, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Thessaloniki and Scientific Coordinator of the Project

Part A: The Fundamental Economic Concepts of EU Competition Law

• Chrysovalantou-Vasiliki Milliou, Associate Professor at the Athens University of Economics and Business and former Alternate Member of the Hellenic Competition Commission

• Ioannis Symplis, Counselor of State

Q&A and discussion

Part Β: Excessive, Discriminatory and Predatory Pricing

• Chrysovalantou-Vasiliki Milliou, Associate Professor at the Athens University of Economics and Business and former Alternate Member of the Hellenic Competition Commission

• Victoria Mertikopoulou, Rapporteur – Member of the Hellenic Competition Commission, «Pricing Practices under article 102 TFEU»

• Intervention by Mr. Dimitris Loukas, former Vice Chairman of the Hellenic Competition Commission, Attorney-at-Law (Law Firm Potamitis Vekris, Athens)

Q&A and discussion

Thursday 22 June 2017
14:30 – 20:30

Chair: Mr. Ioannis Gravaris, Vice President of the Hellenic Council of State

Part C: Mergers and Acquisitions

α. General Module:

• Dimitris Loukas: Review of the Legal Parameters of Mergers and Acquisitions

• Ioannis Kokkoris, Professor at the Queen Mary University of London and Scientific Coordinator of the Project: Review of the Economic Parameters of Mergers and Acquisitions

Q&A and discussion

β. Special Module: Case Studies

• Kelly Benetatou, Chairwoman of the First Directorate of Economic Documentation of the Hellenic Competition Commission

• Maria Deredaki, Director of Legal Documentation of the Hellenic Competition Commission

Q&A and Discussion

Friday 23 June 2017
14:30 – 20:30

Chair: Mr. Dimitrios Kyritsakis, Chairman of the Hellenic Competition Commission, former Vice President of the Hellenic Supreme Court

Part D: Quantification of Damages in Civil Law Cases Under the EU Directive 2014/104

• Lefkothea Nteka, Rapporteur at the Hellenic Competition Commission: “The EU Directive 2014/104: Special Issues”

• Evangelos Chatzikos, Judge at the Court of First Instance of Athens: “The Substantive and Procedural Legal Framework of Seeking Damages Under the EU Directive 2014/104”

Q&A and Discussion

• Christos Genakos, Professor at the Athens University of Economics and Business: “Economic Tools for the Quantification of Damages Under the EU Directive 2014/104”

• Intervention by Dr. Vassilis Karagiannis, Lecturer at the Department of International and European Studies of the Panteion University of Athens and Partner at KLC Law Firm: “Problems and Strategies of Claimants and Defendants – the Point of View of the Legal Counsel»

Q&A and Discussion

Conclusions by the Facilitators of the Training Workshop, Prof. Glavinis and Mr. Loukas

Completion of Evaluation Questionnaires