DAWN RAIDS IN PRACTICE | Advanced Competition Law Training
Valletta, 26-27 September 2024

The Academy of European Law in Trier (ERA) and the Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority (MCCAA) have the pleasure to present to you the seminar Dawn Raids in Practice: Advanced Competition law Training that will take place in Valletta on 26-27 September 2024.

Objective
This seminar is part of ERA’s series of advanced training courses on EU competition law. It is aimed at providing a thorough and detailed overview of the conduct of dawn raids by the European Commission and national competition authorities in light of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU and the case law of the CJEU and of the ECtHR. The sessions will focus on the main issues that could arise at different stages of the inspection and enhance participants’ knowledge through practical exercises.
The training is addressed to staff of national competition authorities, lawyers in private practice and in-house counsel, and will be held in English.

Key topics
• Essential stages of the dawn raid
• Main issues that arise during an inspection
• Reasonable grounds for suspicion and fishing expeditions
• Objecting vs obstructing
• Gathering of digital evidence
• Handling of legally privileged documents, business secrets and other confidential information
• The impact of the ECN+ Directive

Speakers
Hubert Beuve-Méry, Senior Expert, Directorate COMP.G – Cartels, DG Competition, European Commission, Brussels

Peter Citron, Professional Support Counsel, White & Case, Brussels

Nathalie Jalabert-Doury, Partner, European Antitrust Practice Co-Leader, Mayer Brown, Paris

Stanislas Martin, General Rapporteur (Head of Investigations Unit), French Competition Authority, Paris

Vivien Terrien, Legal Secretary, General Court of the European Union, Luxembourg

Members of the Maltese competition law community can benefit from a 25% discount from the registration fee by using the special discount voucher code: 2024complaw. This code can be combined with the early bird discount (for registrations by 26 August 2024), but no other discounts. To redeem the voucher, participants should select the price for “Discount Voucher Holders” and enter the code in the commentary field during their online registration on the following website: https://www.era.int/?132863&en

Agenda