Private Enforcement of Competition Law in the Digital Sphere

Private Enforcement of Competition Law in the Digital Sphere

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Liza Lovdahl GormsenLiza Lovdahl GormsenDirector, Competition Law Forum and Senior Research Fellow at British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)

Liza is a Senior Advisor to the UK Financial Conduct Authority and a Senior Research Fellow at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. She chairs the Advisory Board of the Competition Law Forum.

Liza obtained a PhD in Competition Law at King's College London in 2007. She is the author of A Principle Approach to Abuse of Dominance (CUP, 2010) and State Aid and Tax Rulings (EE, 2019). Liza has published widely in national and international peer-review journals and regularly addresses audiences at select committees before the House of Commons and House of Lords, the White House and the European Commission. She sits on the advisory board of the Journal of Antitrust Enforcement (Oxford University Press).

Liza has legal experience from both the private and public sector. She has served as a lawyer at the Office of Fair Trading and has worked as a consultant for the World Bank. Liza is currently a Board Member of the Open Markets Institute in Washington DC and is a non-governmental Advisor to the ICN, appointed by the Competition Markets Authority.

Liza is currently the claimant in Dr. Liza Lovdahl Gormsen v Meta Platforms INC and others before the Competition Appeal Tribunal in London.

Agustín ReynaAgustín ReynaDirector, Legal and Economic Affairs at BEUC

Agustín Reyna is Director of Legal and Economic Affairs at The European Consumer Organisation, BEUC. Agustín heads the legal and economic department composed of five policy teams (Financial Services, Digital, Consumer Rights, Competition, and Consumer Redress and Enforcement). He leads the Financial Services team and coordinates the organisation’s work on competition law enforcement and policy before the Commission and the EU courts. Since 2018 he acts as non-governmental advisor for the Commission to the International Competition Network and represents BEUC in various European and international fora. He is member of the European Commission’s Financial Services User Group and of ESMA Coordination Network on Sustainability (CNS) Consultative Working Group. He holds a PhD. in law from the University of Bremen and often publishes in scientific journals on issues related to EU law.

Claire SimpsonClaire SimpsonBarrister, Legal Service at EFTA Surveillance Authority

Claire is a barrister with over 25 years of international experience in the fields of competition, internal market and tax law. In 2017 she joined the legal service of the EFTA Surveillance Authority, where she is responsible for the conduct of cases before the CJEU, GCEU and EFTA Court. Claire’s recent cases include C-48/22 P Google Shopping, C-611/22 P Illumina, Grail, C-223/23 Alphabet (Android Auto), C-245/20 P Apple, Ireland v Commission, C-298/22 Banco BPN and C-376/20 P CK Telecoms. Prior to EFTA, Claire was Group Head of Competition law at Euroclear, where she covered a range of antitrust issues worldwide, including in relation to blockchain, data and international collateral management. From 1999 to 2007 Claire practised from Gray's Inn Tax Chambers, London, following a stint with Judge Cooke in the General Court of the EU.

Claire writes on relevant competition law matters (e.g. “CJEU Revisits its Case-Law to Find Damages Can be Claimed Before National Courts for the Air Freight Cartel, Also During the Transitional Period: Case C-819/19 Stichting Cartel Compensation”, 2022 JECAP). She holds an LL.B(Hons) from the University of Edinburgh, and Masters degrees from the College of Europe, Bruges (EU law), and the Brussels School of Competition (Competition law and Economics, summa cum laude).

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Review of competition claims against big tech: abuse of dominance and unfair trading practices claims How are the Courts receiving big tech cases? What is the interplay between Article 102 cases and consumer protection? Is competition law being used to deal with big tech cases as it is so flexible? What will be the impact of DMA for private enforcement? Economic perspectives on big tech cases: how is the approach different to cartel cases?

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