XLV Competition Law Scholars Forum (CLaSF) Workshop

Competition Law in Transition

Friday 17 April 2026

University of Lisbon Law School

The Competition Law Scholars Forum (CLASF) is pleased to announce its XLV workshop, focusing on the broad topic of ‘Competition Law in Transition’. This is particularly timely given the ongoing debates about the role of competition law in civic society in western democracies.

Programme

09:00 – 09:30 Registration and coffee

09:30 – 9:40 Welcome and Introduction:
Barry Rodger (CLaSF, University of Strathclyde) and Eduardo Vera-Cruz Pinto (Dean, University of Lisbon Law School)

9:40–11:20 Competition Law in Transition: a Broad Lens
Chair:  (TBC)

Amber Darr, Manchester University
Transformative Competition Law

Johan Van de Gronden, Radboud University Faculty of Law
Convergence in EU Competition and Free Movement Law: A Normative Framework for Competition Law in Transition

 Jesus Maria Calderon Arguello, College of Europe
Unveiling the role of competition on the road to a new EU

Linus Hoffmann, Strathclyde University Law School
Competition Remedies Beyond Structure and Behaviour

11:20 – 11:45 Coffee Break

11.45 – 13:00 Competition Law in Transition: Digital Markets
Chair: TBC ()

Sara Guidi, Norwich Law School, UEA
Digital economy, digital economics and digital regulation: a constructivist approach to competition law

 Annika Stöhr and Juliane Mendelsohn, Technische Universität Ilmenau
Systemic Market Power and the Case for Sector Investigations: Towards a Coherent Framework in European Competition Law

 Gul Gok Muller, Southampton University Law School
Back to the Future? The UK DMCCA and the Public Interest Goal

13:00 – 14:15 Lunch

14:15 –15:30 Competition Law In Transition: Private Enforcement
Chair : TBC

 Francisco Marcos, IE University, Madrid
The Damages Directive Turns Ten: Evaluating its Impact on Antitrust Litigation

Barry Rodger, Strathclyde University Law School
Class Actions – The Collective Redress Regime in the UK at a Crossroads

Anush Ganesh, University of Exeter Law School
Collective Proceedings as a Mechanism for Enforcing Competition Law Against Digital Platform Abuses: Lessons from UK Litigation

15:30 – 15:50 Coffee Break

15.50-17.30 Competition Law in Transition: Abusive Behaviour and Art 102
Chair : TBC

Maria Ana Pocas Lourenco, Luxembourg Centre for European Law (University of Luxembourg)
The evolving meaning and role of competition on the merits under Article 102 TFEU in light of the goals pursued by EU competition law

Ece Ban, Oxford University
Regulation as an Input in Abuse Analysis under Article 102 TFEU: Typology and Limits of Influence

Eva Fischer, UCL, London
Technological Progress and the Evolving Role of the European Court of Justice: Competition Law in Transition

Keven A Laurent Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas
From Essential Facilities to Essential Digital Facilities? Re-thinking Article 102 TFEU in the Age of Platforms and Generative AI

17:30 Closing remarks

20:00 Speakers’ Dinner