Privatizations
Legal and Economic Design, Institutional Implications, Competition Policy
Friday, November 25, 2011
Grande Bretagne Hotel
With the support of ....
theEuropean Public Law Organization (EPLO)
the Hellenic State Aid Institute and
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 ).
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.
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.
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
Panelists
Luis Morais, University of Lisbon Law School (FDL)
Wernhard Möschel, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen
George Dellis, University of Athens Law School
Nikos Kosmidis, Tzouganatos & Partners
Takis Tridimas, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 -18.00 Fourth Panel: : Competition law implications of the privatization process II
This panel will focus on the competition law implications of the privatizations process, in particular state aid control. The panel will also discuss specific case studies on the possible application of competition law (not only State aids law but also other provisions) in order to illustrate the various competition law implications of the privatization’s process.
This panel will focus on the competition law implications of the privatizations process, in particular state aid control. The panel will also discuss specific case studies on the possible application of competition law (not only State aids law but also other provisions) in order to illustrate the various competition law implications of the privatization’s process.
Chair: Assimakis Komninos, IMEDIPA, UCL, White & Case LLP
Panelists
Vassilis Karagiannis, KLC Law Firm
Greg Pelecanos, Ballas, Pelecanos & Associates L.P.C.
Konstantinos Adamantopoulos, Holman Fenwick Willan LLP, Brussels
Eliza Petritsi, Holman Fenwick Willan LLP, Brussels
18.00 -19.15 Fifth Panel: Managing the (political) risks of the privatization process – employment status of personnel, relations with the broader reforms of public utilities regulation and public management
This panel will focus on the main difficulty raised by the Greek privatization process, which is the political risks, in particular because of the opposition of trade unions and other interests. The panel will aim to uncover what the process of privatization means for the employees of the privatized entities in practice, by looking to past experience of privatizations in Greece and abroad. It will also raise the question of consensus building and the management of political risks (the entity that should bear them, mitigating factors etc) and will examine how the privatization process interrelates with the broader reform of utilities’ regulation and public management.
This panel will focus on the main difficulty raised by the Greek privatization process, which is the political risks, in particular because of the opposition of trade unions and other interests. The panel will aim to uncover what the process of privatization means for the employees of the privatized entities in practice, by looking to past experience of privatizations in Greece and abroad. It will also raise the question of consensus building and the management of political risks (the entity that should bear them, mitigating factors etc) and will examine how the privatization process interrelates with the broader reform of utilities’ regulation and public management.
Chair: Ioannis Lianos, IMEDIPA, UCL, ENA
Panelists
Kostas Bakopoulos, University of Athens Law School
Ekaterini Iliadou, University of Athens Law School
Argiris Economou, Public Power Corporation (DEI)
Sponsors of the event: Holman Fenwick Willan, Ballas, Pelecanos & Associates, Mayer Brown, Dryllerakis & Associates, KLC Law Firm, Tzouganatos & Partners
The conference language is English (no translation will be provided)
For paying the conference fees, please make a bank transfer to the following account, send a confirmation email to info.imedipa@gmail.com and bring evidence of payment the day of the conference
Account holder: IMEDIPA
Account holder: IMEDIPA
Piraeus Bank
IBAN: GR5401720170005017041244290
BIC: PIRBGRAA
IBAN: GR5401720170005017041244290
BIC: PIRBGRAA
For more information contact: info.imedipa@gmail.com
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