17 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
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
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
