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Since its inception in 2001, the International Competition Network (ICN) has achieved remarkable results. Currently uniting 114 competition authorities from both developed and developing countries, the ICN has contributed significantly to the harmonization and convergence of global procedural and substantive antitrust law and policy. The ICN substantially contributes to increasing international cooperation in the field of cartels and to a more uniform treatment of anticompetitive unilateral conduct by dominant companies. Moreover, the ICN has stimulated competition authorities to streamline procedures and build up capacity, resources, and knowledge to adequately review mergers in a multi-jurisdictional environment. This publication brings together a number of essays on the origins, accomplishments and aspirations of the ICN by leading competition agency officials, private sector lawyers, and academics. This compilation of their factual, analytical and critical essays offers valuable insights into the functioning of the ICN, its accomplishments, its key-success factors, the obstacles it has faced, and possible future directions. As such, this collection offers a wealth of information and insights for private practitioners and competition agency officials, as well as government officials and academics. This collection represents not only a testimony to the contribution the ICN has already made to national and international competition policy practice, but is also an expression of our confidence that the ICN will continue to do so for many years to come.

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Paul Lugard is a competition law partner in Baker Botts' Brussels office with considerable experience in merger control proceedings, exclusionary conduct, distribution arrangements, technology licensing and matters on the intersection of intellectual property and antitrust law. Paul assists clients in a wide variety of industries, including FMCG's, telecommunications, consumer electronics, medical imaging, chemicals, semiconductors, oilfield services, LNG and the automotive parts sector. As the former Head of Antitrust at Royal Philips Electronics, Paul managed all significant antitrust matters for the company, securing merger clearances and advising on all aspects of competition law. He has also designed, implemented and managed antitrust compliance programs for clients in Europe and internationally. In addition, since 1997 Paul is active in the development of international competition law policy, currently serving as Chair of the ICC Competition Commission, as a European Commission and Dutch Competition Agency Non-Governmental Advisor (NGA) to the International Competition Network, and as Vice Chair of the Competition Committee of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) to the OECD. Paul Lugard is an Assistant Professor at TILEC (Tilburg Law and Economics Center) at Tilburg University, the Netherlands and has served as President of the Dutch Association for Competition Law. He is admitted in The Netherlands and Belgium.

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