Αύριο στη Μεγάλη Βρετανία συνεδριάζουν για το νομοθετικό πλαίσιο της εκποίησης της δημόσιας περιουσίας της Ελλάδας- ιδού τα ονόματα

http://imedipaprivatizations.eventbrite.com/

Privatizations

Legal and Economic Design, Institutional Implications, Competition Policy

Friday, November 25, 2011

Grande Bretagne Hotel

With the support of the

European Public Law Organization (EPLO)

the Hellenic

the Centre for Law, Economics and Society, UCL Faculty of Laws (CLES)

Programme of the event

8.45 Introduction and Welcome: Ioannis Lianos, IMEDIPA, UCL (University College London, Faculty of Laws), Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA)

9.00 – 10.30 First Panel: The privatization process: financial, legal and economic design issues
The objective of this panel will be to examine the economics of privatizations and the various methods of privatising state-owned assets, including, the commercial/corporate structures available to transfer assets,  the financial design and risks involved, the forms of the transfer, the role of due diligence. Where appropriate, this session will reflect on the competing interests of key participants in any privatisation (such as the State, the national population, labour groups and investors ).

Chair: George Triantafyllakis, Democritus University of Thrace Law School

Panelists

Abel Mateus, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), UCL

Stephanie Bates, Capital Markets Group, Mayer Brown, London

George Barker, Centre for Law & Economics, Australian National University (ANU)

Christos Hadjiemmanuil, University of Piraeus, Centre for Political Research

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break

11.00 – 13.00 Second Panel: Competition law implications of the privatization process I
This panel will delve into questions relating to the legal constraints imposed by the EU and national competition law and public procurement framework.

Chair: Dimitris Tzouganatos, University of Athens Law School

Panelists

Kiran Desai, Mayer Brown, Brussels

Dimitris Avgitidis, Democritus University of Thrace; Hellenic Competition Commission

Emmanuel Dryllerakis, Dryllerakis & Associates

Dimitrios Loukas, Commissioner, Hellenic Competition Commission

Antonios Metaxas, The Hellenic State Aid Institute & University of Athens

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch

14.00 – 16.00 Third Panel: The management of the privatization process
The panel will discuss the management of the privatization process. What are the aims of the privatization and how the current structure of the Privatization Fund might deliver on these objectives? What are the broader institutional and constitutional implications of the privatizations process? The panel will also discuss the experiences of other EU Members States in the design and the management of the privatization process.

Chair: Spyridon Flogaitis, EPLO, University of Athens Law School

Panel