News & Events
Some of the events, conferences, publications and projects we have worked on are listed below. Some other projects are not listed as we must respect client confidentiality in sensitive areas.
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31 July 2018
- Advocacy, Competition Law, Competition Policy
Western Balkans and the Design of Effective Competition Law: The Role of Economic, Institutional and Cultural Characteristics
The study “Western Balkans and the Design of Effective Competition Law: The Role of Economic, Institutional and Cultural Characteristics” by Paolo Buccirossi and Lorenzo Ciari has been published by Springer in the book “Competition Authorities in South Eastern Europe”, edited by Boris Begović and Dušan V. Popović.
The paper analyzes the optimal design of competition law in Western Balkan countries. It first identifies the “policy choice set”, i.e. the essential variables that define a competition policy regime; Read more
12 July 2018
- Abuse of Dominance, Competition Economics, Maritime Transport
Alleged foreclosure in the market for maritime freight transport
Lear has assisted Moby in its appeal before the administrative court seeking to overturn the finding of the Italian Competition Authority (ICA) that Moby had abused its dominant position in the market for maritime freight transport to and from Sardinia. Read more
4 July 2018
- Capacity Building, Public Procurement
PAOLO BUCCIROSSI AT GLOBAL PROCUREMENT CONFERENCE IN ROME
The 3rd Global Procurement Conference is the annual international conference organized by the University of Rome Tor Vergata on July 2 and 3, 2018. The event was the occasion where practitioners and academics meet to share opinion and discuss on the latest cutting-edge topics in the field of public procurement, such as contract amendments, innovation, e-procurement and centralization. Read more
19 June 2018
- Cartels, Competition Economics
The Italian Competition Authority’s investigation against Kedrion and Grifols
The Italian Competition Authority (ICA) has started an investigation into Kedrion and Grifols, two providers of therapeutic products derived from human blood plasma, for their joint participation in a tender launched by the Italian Healthcare System (SSN). The ICA is concerned that the joint bid has unduly restricted competition for the award of the tender. Read more
15 June 2018
- #Economics, Antitrust, Competition Law
Paolo at Trento Summer School 2018
The fourth edition of the Trento Summer School on Advanced EU Competition Law & Economics will take place in Moena (Italian Dolomites) from 17th to 24th June 2018.
This event is organized by the Osservatorio Permanente sull’Applicazione delle Regole di Concorrenza and provides the opportunity to deepen the relationship between competition law and economics by anlayzing competition rules from both a theoretical and empirical perspective. Read more
12 June 2018
- Competition Economics, Cooperation and Vertical Agreements
Italian Competition Authority’s investigation against RadioTaxi
The Italian Competition Authority (ICA) is investigating into the top three cab dispatching companies operating in Rome – including Lear’s client Radiotaxi 3570 – for the alleged foreclosure effects of the non-compete clause which prevents taxi drivers associated with one of the three cab dispatching companies from accepting calls for service from competitors. Read more
7 June 2018
- #Economics
Paolo Buccirossi intervening at a conference organized by Banca d’Italia
Banca d’Italia and Consiglio di Stato organized a conference on “Administrative Justice and demands of the economic system”, which took place at Koch Palace in Rome on 6th June. Paolo Buccirossi has taken part to a roundtable discussing the role of economic analysis within administrative proceedings. Read more
29 May 2018
- Policy Assessment, State aid
Lear has been awarded a Framework Contract for the provision of services in the area of State aid policy for DG Competition
The subject of this FWC is to conduct evaluation and impact assessment studies regarding one or more State aid policy instruments (legislation, guidelines, notice etc.) from an inter-disciplinary perspective and in accordance with the Commission’s binding evaluation and impact assessment standards. Read more
16 May 2018
- Public Procurement, Technical Assistance, Training
Workshop on Recommendations for an enhanced public procurement system in Serbia
On 9th of May 2018, Lear organized this Workshop in Belgrade in collaboration with the Serbian Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government.
The Workshop was the occasion to present the Strategic Vision and the Recommendations for an enhanced public procurement system in Serbia. Read more
4 May 2018
- Competition Economics, Mergers
New publication on “ Concorrenza, mercato e diritto dei consumatori”
Paolo Buccirossi and Salvatore Nava have contributed to the volume “Concorrenza, mercato e diritto dei consumatori”. The volume aims at providing a comprehensive view on competition law and consumer protection, also in light of the most recent case law. The volume also looks at the interaction between law and economics when it comes to competition matters. Read more
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