# Subsidy Control: Shaping New Law into Solution-Focused Answers for Your Clients

> Court-Proven, Solution-Focused Answers to 7 of the Biggest Legal Challenges in Subsidy Control: Directly from Top-Flight King's Counsel, Solicitors, Regulators and Economists

- Format: In-person
- Date: Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 9:30AM to 4:00PM (registration from 9:00AM)
- Venue: The Caledonian Club, 9 Halkin Street, London, SW1X 7DR
- 5 hours CPD
- Rates: Live Attendance £264.00 + VAT per person
- Status: This conference has taken place
- Book: https://whitepaper.co.uk/conferences/subsidycontrol23

## Programme

- 09:00 Registration and coffee
- 09:30 Chair's introduction: Subsidy Control: Shaping new law into solution-focused answers for your clients
  - Chaired by Ciara Kennedy-Loest, Hogan Lovells
- Panel: Dr Totis Kotsonis, Head of Subsidies at Pinsent Masons; Claire Froitzheim, Director, Subsidy Advice Unit, Competition & Markets Authority
- 09:35 View from the bench: What is the direction of travel for subsidy control cases in the UK?
  - Answered by The Hon. Mr Justice Marcus Smith
- 10:15 Compatibility: How do you decide in grey-area cases whether a subsidy exists and aligns with the subsidy compatibility principles?
  - Answered by George Peretz KC
- 10:55 CMA referrals: How do you practically and legally approach a CMA referral for subsidies deemed to be of particular interest?
  - Answered by Alexander Rose, DWF
- 11:35 Morning coffee
- 11:55 CMO test: What do you need to know about the Commercial Market Operator test and the economic and financial tools that will allow you to apply it?
  - Answered by Nicole Robins, Oxera
- 12:35 Streamlined routes: How far can you push the boundaries of the Streamlined Routes, and how can public authorities transfer Subsidy Control obligations down to recipients?
  - Answered by Anneli Howard KC
- 13:15 Lunch
- 14:00 State Aid concepts: What relevance do State Aid concepts have under the new Subsidy Control regime, e.g. GBER, “flow-through”, the German land decision?
  - Answered by Conor Quigley KC
- 14:40 Challenges: What counts and will sway the CAT in a challenge, what is the standard of review, and what are the key learning points from the British Sugar and Bulb litigations?
  - Answered by Sarah Lee KC
- 15:20 Over-run
- 16:00 Close of conference

## How to book

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