Competition Law Institute

52nd Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy, and Antitrust Economics Workshop

The annual conference will be held at Fordham Law School on 17-19 September 2025.

Program Agenda

  • 8:15–9:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
    Sponsored by Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP and Boies Schiller Flexner LLP


    9:00–9:15 a.m. Welcome and Introductions

    Dean Joseph Landau, Dean and Paul Fuller Professor of Law, Fordham Law School
    James Keyte
    , FCLI Director; Partner, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
    Zephyr Teachout, Professor of Law, Fordham Law School (Announcement of Fordham’s New Competition LLM Program)

    9:15–10:30 a.m. Keynote Remarks and Discussion
    Gail Slater, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice
    Sarah Cardell, Chief Executive, U.K. Competition and Markets Authority

    Q&A
    Kathy O'Neill, Partner, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
    Elizabeth Suarez, Counsel, Freshfields LLP

    10:30–10:45 a.m. Refreshment Break 
    Sponsored by Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP


    10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Panel 1: Industrial Policy & Antitrust: New Bedfellows? (1.5 CLE) 
    MODERATOR: Arthur Burke, Partner, Davis Polk
    PANELISTS: 
    Ian Forrester, Ordinary Member, Competition Appeal Tribunal
    Virak Prum, Professor, CamEd Business School
    Felipe Irarrázabal Philippi, Director and Senior Fellow, CentroCompetencia, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez
    Ori Schwartz, Head of Competition Division, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

    12:00–12:15 p.m. Break to Grab Lunch Boxes
    Sponsored by Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and White & Case LLP

    12:15–1:30 p.m. Panel 2: Monopolization/Dominance Remedies - The New Wild West (1.5 CLE) 
    MODERATOR: Daniel Francis, Associate Professor of Law, NYU School of Law
    PANELISTS: 
    Paul Csiszár
    , Senior Advisor, Brunswick Group LLC
    Herbert Hovenkamp
    , James G. Dinan University Professor, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
    Anna Meyendorff, Partner, Bates White
    Danielle Morello
    , Counsel, Clifford Chance
    Koren Wong-Ervin
    , Partner, Jones Day

    1:30–1:45 p.m.  Refreshment Break  
    Sponsored by Clifford Chance US LLP and Brunswick Group LLP

    1:45–3:00 p.m. Panel 3: The MAGA Antitrust Agenda: Chaos or Cohesion?
    (1.5 CLE)
    MODERATOR: Anastasia Pastan, Special Counsel, Milbank LLP
    PANELISTS: 
    Beau Buffier, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 
    Scott Hemphill, Moses H. Grossman Professor of Law, NYU School of Law

    Kail Jethmalani, Partner, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
    Eric Palmer, Partner, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
    Subramaniam Ramanarayanan
    , Senior Managing Director, NERA

    3:00–3:15 p.m. Refreshment Break 
    Sponsored by EEMC

    3:15 –4:30 p.m. Panel 4: A Conversation with Enforcers (1.5 CLE) 
    MODERATORS: Eleanor Fox, Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation Emerita, NYU School of Law
    Elizabeth Avery, Partner, Gilbert+Tobin
    PANELISTS: 
    Reiko Aoki, Commissioner, Japan Fair Trade Commission
    Andrea Marvan Saltiel, Chair, Mexican Federal Economic Competition Commission; Chair, International Competition Network
    Andreas Mundt, President, German Competition Authority; Immediate Past Chair, International Competition Network
    Saverio Valentino, Commissioner, Italian Competition Authority

    4:30–5:30 p.m. Reception
    Sponsored by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

  • 8:00–8:50 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
    Sponsored by Berger Montague and Jones Day


    8:50–9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions

    9:00–9:40 a.m. Keynote Remarks and Discussion
    Teresa Ribera, Executive Vice-President for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, European Commission
    Q&A
    Nicholas Levy
    , Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

    9:40–10:15 a.m. Keynote Remarks and Discussion
    Daniel Guarnera, Director, Federal Trade Commission
    Q&A
    Noah Phillips
    , Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

    10:15–10:30 a.m. Refreshment Break
    Sponsored by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati

    10:30–11:45 a.m. Panel 1: Neo-Brandeisians: Where Do They Go From Here?
    (1.5 CLE) 
    MODERATOR: Zephyr Teachout, Professor of Law, Fordham Law School
    PANELISTS:
    Chris D’Angelo, Chief Deputy Attorney General for Economic Justice, Office of the New York State Attorney General
    Eric Cramer, Chairman, Berger Montague
    Timothy Longman
    , Partner, Baker & Hostetler LLP

    Ingrid Vandenborre, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

    11:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Break to Grab Lunch Boxes
    Sponsored by Bates White and Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

    12:00–1:15 p.m. Panel 2: In-House Counsel Roundtable (1.5 CLE)
    MODERATOR: Karen Hoffman Lent, FCLI Assistant Director; Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
    PANELISTS: 
    Robert E. Friedman, Senior Counsel, ExxonMobil
    Mika Ikeda, Competition Counsel, Johnson & Johnson
    Peter D. Bernstein, Senior Managing Counsel, Mastercard
    Michaela Spero
    , Senior Counsel, Regulatory Affairs Corporate & Legal Affairs, Amadeus

    1:15–1:30 p.m. Refreshment Break
    Sponsored by Gilbert + Tobin

    1:30–2:45 p.m. Panel 3: Merger Guidelines: Seesaws & Carousels (1.5 CLE) 
    MODERATOR: Renata Hesse, Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
    PANELISTS: 
    Guillaume Loriot, Deputy Director-General for Mergers, European Commission Directorate-General for Competition

    Rahul Rao, Partner, White & Case LLP
    William Rinner, Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General,  Department of Justice Antitrust Division
    Scott Sher, Partner, Global Co-chair of the Antitrust Practice Group, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

    Loren Smith, Founding Partner, Econic Partners

    2:45–3:00 p.m. Refreshment Break
    Sponsored by Baker Hostetler and Milbank LLP

    3:00–4:00 p.m. Fireside Chat: The Judicial Frontlines
    Hon. Amit P. Mehta
    , District Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia
    MODERATOR: James Keyte, FCLI Director; Partner, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP

    4:00–4:05 p.m.  Closing Remarks



Registration

Be sure to check out the free and discounted registration options available for:
In-House Counsel
Government attorneys
Fordham faculty/students
Newly admitted attorneys
Academics
Fordham Law Alumni

General Attorneys + Professionals

Government Employees + Academics

In-House, Newly Admitted Attorneys

Fordham Students + Media/Press + Sponsors

Sponsor Levels 

FLAGSHIP SPONSOR

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

ANTITRUST ECONOMIC WORKSHOP SPONSORS

Econic Partners LLP

NERA

SUSTAINING SPONSORS

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Freshfields US LLP

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Baker & Hostetler LLP

Bates White

Berger Montague

Brunswick Group LLC

Clifford Chance US LLP

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

EEMC

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Gilbert + Tobin

Jones Day

Milbank

Sullivan & Cromwell

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati

White & Case