8 September 2026
9:00 am-9:30 am
Welcome registration
9:30 am-9:35 am
GCR opening remarks
9:35 am-9:40 am
Chairs’ opening remarks
Nicole Robins
Partner, Oxera Consulting
Patricia Vidal Martínez
Partner, Uría Menéndez
9:40 am-10:20 am
Keynote interview
10:20 am-11:30 am
Time for change? How the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation might evolve
- How have the guidelines been working in practice?
- What are the key takeaways from the 2026 FSR review? What reforms are still needed and why?
- What can we learn from the Phase II merger review – what concerns do they raise? What precedent do they set?
Jan Bonhage
Partner, Hengeler Mueller
Linlin Liang
Director of Communication and Research, The China Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (CCCEU)
11:30 am-12:00 pm
Networking break
12:00 pm-1:10 pm
The price of unlawful aid: navigating damages in private enforcement
- What outcomes can we expect from private enforcement of state aid rules?
- How can damages be calculated?
- Claiming damages – who can you claim against and how?
- What can we learn from existing private enforcement cases, both wins and losses?
Patricia Vidal Martínez
Partner, Uría Menéndez
Mercedes Pedraz
Judge, National High Counrt, Madrid
Yelena Trifounovitch
Partner, Bredin Prat
1:10 pm-1:25 pm
Chairs’ closing remarks
Nicole Robins
Partner, Oxera Consulting
Patricia Vidal Martínez
Partner, Uría Menéndez
1:25 pm-2:25 pm
Networking lunch
