Rompetrol Georgia Organizes International Conference on Competition Law Issues
Leading Foreign specialists this week conducted an international conference on the topic: “Competition Law – New Challenge for Georgia.” The international conference was organized and financially supported by Rompetrol Georgia and took place under the aegis of Tbilisi State University.
The conference was held at hotel Rixos in Borjomi, the first conference of such scale and level dedicated to competition law issues. The world's leading specialists and international law company partners made speeches at the conference.
“In Georgia the competition agency launched operation several years ago. Rompetrol is trying to incentivize the field development in Georgia on behalf of our country. The objective of the agency is to promote market liberalization, free trade and competition. Rompetrol is trying to develop the competition law in Georgia and these efforts will have a positive influence on competitive environment development,” Rompetrol representatives noted.
As part of the international conference, trainings - Capital Provision Norms, Merger and Competition Principles - were held. Those speaking at the conference included:
James Hanks, Venable LLP partner, expert, lecturer, who spoke about “Major Statutes and Cases in the US Antitrust Law.”
Bertold Bar-Bouyssiere, DLA Piper partner, who discussed: “The Application of Competition Law in Life Science Industries (Interface competition/patents and etc.)”
Felix Scala, Head of the Competition Law Department in the German Office of Deloitte, spoke about: “Antitrust Compliance Programs from a European Perspective.”
David Iakobidze, economist and professor at Georgian Technical University talked on: “Structured Transformation of Competitive Environment in Small Economies.”
Varsha Kale, advisor of the London Antitrust and Competition Group for Meyer Brown, and Aleksandra Aninoiu, lawyer for Antitrust and Competition London Office of Meyer Brown together talked about “Cartels under the EU law: Legal developments and Practical Challenges.”
Rob Davis, advisor for Venable LLP, discussed: “US Developments related to Proof of Agreements and Hub-and-Spoke Conspiracies.”
Dr. Jan Joachim Dreyer, Partner of DLA Piper, spoke about: “Recent Developments in German Competition Law – enforcement highlights.”
70 persons interested in the mentioned issues are taking part in the conference, including magistrates, lawyers, competition agency representatives, business ombudsman and officials of the Prime Minister's economic board.
The conference ended July 13th
KMG International (former Rompetrol Group NV) was bought by KMG in 2007. The company owns two oil refineries in Romania and a network of petrol filling stations in EU countries.
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