The third training within project CONSTANT - “COmpetitioN and STate aid law Advanced National Training for judges” took place between 12 and 14 July 2017 in Borovets.
The central theme of the training was “The Economics of Competition Law”.
The topic was presented by speakers with varied expertise and experience in Bulgaria and abroad:
Miroslava Marinova is an expert with a Master Degree in Economics and acted as a case handler at the Bulgarian Commission on Protection of Competition for ten years (2004-2014). Currently, she is a second-year Ph.D. candidate in Competition Law at the University of Reading, UK, studying the treatment of fidelity rebates and discounts in EU competition law.
Mathieu Relange is a legal expert in innovation and competition law. His practice focuses on the application of EU and French competition law to innovative industries. He advises companies from the IT industry, as well as companies active in markets that are being transformed by new technologies (publishing, advertising, payment services, automotive industry, etc.) As a member of the Paris and Brussels bars, he represents clients in competition law proceedings before the European Commission and the French competition authority.
Ivan Georgiev is a former regional judge (2010-2016) with special interests and practical experience in Competition Law. Mr. Georgiev is also a former member of the Association of European Competition Law Judges (2014-2016). He is currently a practising lawyer and managing partner of a law firm active in the field of Competition Law at national level.
The training on “The Economics of Competition Law” offered very practical examples and selected cases on economics of horizontal restrictions, abuse of dominance, vertical restrictions, and other issues. Specific sectors such as media and telecoms industries were also addressed.
Training materials, including video recordings from the sessions will be soon made available at the online platform of CONSTANT project: www.constantproject.eu.
Project ‘CONSTANT - COmpetitioN and STate aid law Advanced National Training for judges’ aims to meet the need for advanced practical training on EU state aid law, antitrust damages actions as well as the economic foundations of competition among Bulgarian judges. The project is initiated and is being coordinated by LIBRe Foundation. Discover more from our initiatives on LIBRe’s Project page.
