Course one: EU and Indian Competition Law

Course one of our Comparative Competition Law Summer School is a five day intensive masterclass on EU and Indian competition law, including practical workshops and course evaluation.

With a view to place Indian competition law in its international context, this course provides an in-depth examination of EU and international competition law and its influences on India, as well as existing competition law trends in India and other Asian economies. 

The Indian Competition Act 2002, implemented in stages since 2009, significantly updates India's competition law which was considered lacking previously. Modelled largely on laws prevailing in the European Union and influenced by similar regulation in the US, the Indian competition laws borrow many concepts from foreign jurisdictions.

Now, over seven years on from full implementation, India's competition authority - the Competition Commission of India - has issued significant rulings but challenges remain.

The course will explore:

• The key legal, economic and policy foundations of competition law
• The role of economics in competition law
• The treatment under EU competition of agreements, commercial practices and mergers, and their impact on international transactions
• The intersection between IP and competition law
• The application of competition law to activities by the state, including EU state aid law
• Issues for competition law risk management including dawn raids, criminalisation and leniency
• The relationship between competition law and sector regulation, and the application of competition law in specific industry sectors (e.g. communications, energy, financial services, healthcare, transport)
• India's competition law: evolution, practice and challenges
• The growth of competition law in Asia, including recent developments in the ASEAN countries, China and Hong Kong

Key benefits you will gain from this course:

• Insights from the EU, Indian and international experience in this fast-moving and high profile area
• Interactive case studies and workshops
• Experience and presentation from a leading practitioner and author in the field, Suzanne Rab, who has advised on some of the largest competition law deals internationally, and is author of leading texts on competition law. Suzanne is the author of 'Indian Competition Law, an International Perspective' (first published by Wolters Kluwer, May 2012, with a supplement of cartel regulation published in January 2013). The book is the first of its kind to contain international comparative analysis of the Competition Act 2002, and was published contemporaneously with the coming into force of Indian competition law and merger control
• Certificate of Completion upon satisfactory completion of the course and a pass on the course test
• Opportunity to combine the course with course two (Comparative Media Ownership Regulation) and course three (Hong Kong Competition Law)

Duration: Five days plus half day exam. Induction will take place on 17 June 2018

The course timetable