Objective

The aim of this year’s annual conference is to update legal practitioners what to expect from the European Commission in the field of State aid in the next months. It will also analyse how State aid rules are applied in specific sectors of current interest. Special attention will be paid to the impact of the latest judgments from the Court of Justice of the EU on daily practice.
    

Key topics

• The European Commission’s investigations and plans
• Implications of recent case law and decision-making in practice
• Sectoral developments:
  • Energy
  • Fiscal aid
  • Research, Development and Innovation
  • Ports and airports infrastructure

Confirmed speakers  

Jacques Derenne, Partner, Head of EU Competition and Regulatory, Sheppard Mullin, Brussels; Associate Professor, University of Liège

Gert Jan Koopman, Deputy Director General for State Aid, DG Competition, European Commission, Brussels

Viktor Kreuschitz, Judge, General Court of the EU, Luxembourg

The conference will be held in English, French and German (simultaneous interpretation).
The programme will be available soon here.
 

Who should attend?

Civil servants, in-house counsel, lawyers in private practice, industry representatives