Conference: Antitrust Private Enforcement: Lessons for Poland

Welcome remarks

Slawomir Szepietowski, Partner, Bird & Bird (Warsaw)
Adam Jasser, Deputy Director CARS

Keynote Speech: Private enforcement of EU competition law in light of the recent case-law of the CJEU

Dr Jan Szczodrowski, member of the Legal Service (Competition) at European Commission

PANEL ONE:

Trends in private enforcement since the adoption of the Damages Directive in 2014

Chair: Dr Agata Jurkowska-Gomułka, professor at the University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów, Of Counsel in Modzelewska & Paśnik, CARS affiliate

• Limitation Periods, the Antitrust Damages Directive and the Effectiveness of EU Law, Miguel Sousa Ferro, professor at the University of Lisbon Law School, Managing Partner at Milberg Sousa Ferro (Lisbon)
• Proving causation and quantifying damage, Professor Jurgita Malinauskaite, Brunel University (London)
• Spanish experience – controversial issues raised after the trucks cartel, Candela Sotes, Senior Associate, Bird & Bird (Madrid)
• The judge’s estimation of the amount of damages – a recent German example, Jöerg Witting, Partner, Bird & Bird (Düsseldorf)
• Commission’s amicus curiae brief – practical experience, José Rivas, Partner, Bird & Bird (Brussels), Editor of “World Competition”

PANEL TWO:

Challenges to private enforcement in Poland

Chair: Marcin Alberski, Senior Associate, Bird & Bird (Warsaw)

• Creating an expert opinion for a competition harm claim – what does the economist need?, Dr Elżbieta Głowicka, Director at E.CA Economics (Berlin)
• Time for a Silent Revolution? The Role of Third – Party Funder in the Private Enforcement Proceeding, Weronika Rydzińska, Case Manager at LitFin (Prague)
• Fitness of the claim – Things to consider before bringing the lawsuit in the context of Polish court proceedings – limitation period in private antitrust enforcement, Szymon Gołębiowski, Senior Associate, Bird & Bird (Warsaw), Dominik Hincz, Senior Associate, Bird & Bird (Warsaw)
• Discovery and role of forensics in collecting evidence in litigation before Polish courts compared to EU best practices, Wojciech Czyżewski, Head of Forensic Services, Bird & Bird (Warsaw)

PANEL THREE:

Round-table discussion and Q&A session

Chair: Adam Jasser, CARS, former Chairman of the Polish Competition Authority

• Jan Szczodrowski, Legal Service - European Commission
• Candela Sotes, Senior Associate, Bird & Bird (Madrid)
• Miguel Sousa Ferro, Lisbon Law School, Milberg Sousa Ferro (Lisbon)
• Szymon Gołębiowski, Bird & Bird (Warsaw)
• Jurgita Malinauskaite, Brunel University (London)

Closing remarks

José Rivas, Partner, Bird & Bird (Brussels), Editor of “World Competition”