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The publisher and editors of the Competition Law Journal are pleased to announce the successful applicants for speaker roles for the 14th Junior Competition Conference (JCC). The JCC will take place on Thursday, 5 February 2026 at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer's Exchange House offices in London from 14:00 to 18:00, and will be followed by a networking drinks reception. We are also pleased to be able to open applications to attend the conference.
We have a great panel of speakers lined up to contribute on our two themes:
Current trends in competition litigation in the UK
- Ranulf Outhwaite (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton) – Kent v Apple: Implications for exclusive dealing and excessive pricing claims against digital platforms
- Nina Jayne Carroll (Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer) and George Charlson (Keystone) – The rise of expert evidence in competition litigation
- Alan Zheng (Linklaters) – Bronner is dead – Long live Bronner: Classifying essential infrastructure in digital platforms cases
Recent developments in EU and UK merger control, FDI and FSR
- Rosie Richardson (Brunswick Group) – Dealmaking in Times of Uncertainty: Navigating Europe’s Evolving Merger Control, FSR, and FDI Regimes
- Phoebe Hirst (Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer) – Failing to succeed: The exiting firm condition in CMA counterfactual assessments
- Jacob Bullock (Freshfields), Grace Murray (Clifford Chance) and Lucien Frys (Analysis Group) – Rhetoric vs. Reality: The Role of Innovation and Efficiencies in EU and UK Merger Control
Attend the JCC
The JCC is organised for junior members of the competition law community, from all professional and academic backgrounds, including students, trainees and qualified lawyers, economists and public policy specialists, whether working in private practice, in-house, competition or regulatory authorities, the public sector or academia. It provides a unique forum for junior practitioners to speak at a conference, express views, exchange ideas and get to know one another.
If you would like to apply to attend the JCC please sign-up at the following link no later than 17:00 on Friday, 16 January 2026. To be eligible to attend you must be less than eight years qualified (or equivalent in your respective profession) and must not be a partner or hold a similar position. The JCC is kindly sponsored by Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer so there is no charge attend the JCC, although places are strictly limited. Successful applicants will be informed after the deadline.
Finally, by submitting your application to attend, you agree that we may process and share your personal information for the purposes of organising the JCC, including with the co-editors’ respective organisations (Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, Matrix Chambers and Clifford Chance LLP) and the CLJ’s publisher, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited. Please refer to the websites of these organisations for details of their Privacy and Cookie Policies.
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