On January 30, 2019 the Law firm BLB in cooperation with Baker Botts and ICC Georgia organized a forum ” Effective Enforcement of Competition Law in Georgia & beyond” in Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel.

Key speakers of the forum include Brian Byrne, senior associate of Baker Botts, Matthijs Visser, partner of RBB Economics, Solomon Menabdishvili, Georgian Competition Law expert. The event will be moderated by Kakha Sharabidze, the Managing Partner of BLB.

The Forum was a topical and informative event on the status of Competition Law enforcement in Georgia with insights from national and international experts.
First and second panel discussions covered the following topics:

Assesment of anticompetitive conduct: Best practices
Objectives and analytical framework
Economic assessment of business conduct
Right of defence and procedural guarantees in competition law proceedings
The need for adequate due process rights
The impact of European and International norms on Georgian Competition law enforcement.