NERA Economic Consulting to co-host litigation conference examining 2025’s key cases
NERA Economic Consulting has announced the line-up for its seventh annual UK Competition Litigation Conference. Taking place in early December at the ME Hotel, the event will feature experts from across the digital, legal and regulatory spectrum.
Since 1961, NERA Economic Consulting has provided guidance on important market, legal, and regulatory questions, helping to shape industries and policy around the world. The advisory firm’s experts and deep experience enable it to provide rigorous analysis, expert testimony, and data-powered policy recommendations for top law firms and corporations, as well as regulators and governments.
For the last seven years, NERA has been leveraging that expertise to power the annual UK Competition Litigation Conference. Based in London, the yearly event focuses on how policy around innovation is transforming competition laws around the world.
NERA, in partnership with Monckton Chambers, will co-host the 2025 UK Competition Litigation Conference on the 4th of December at the ME Hotel. This year’s agenda covers recent cases and decisions, developments in cases concerning the class action and subsidy control regimes, a view from the regulator, and a look at the regulatory landscape in the context of the DMCC and the digital markets unit.
The event will begin with a keynote address by Ben Tidswell, chair of the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal, who will reflect on recent developments in the use of expert evidence in competition cases. NERA experts will then join four sessions on prominent topics. Senior Managing Director Grant Saggers will participate in “Key Cases of 2025,” exploring the most significant trials and judgments and their implications for businesses, regulators, and practitioners.
Senior Consultant Hana Hammouda will chair the “Improving the Subsidy Control Regime” session, addressing practical reforms and innovations to strengthen the UK’s subsidy control regime. Senior Managing Director David Matthew will chair the “Developments in Digital Markets” session, which will discuss how litigation in the UK and Europe impacts competition and innovation in digital markets in an era of rapid technological change and evolving regulation. Finally, Director Adrien Cervera-Jackson will chair the final session, “Looking into the New Year,” examining what 2026 may hold for competition, regulation, and market development in the UK.
The event will round off with an overview of hot topics for 2026 and a look at things from a slightly more global perspective. Speakers from Monckton Chambers and the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal, along with contributors from leading law firms and institutions. These include speakers from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; the Competition and Markets Authority; Linklaters; Freshfields; and Slaughter and May, among others.
Following the formal programme, guests are also invited to a networking reception with panoramic views of London. The hotel’s location means that when the conference concludes, it will end with a networking opportunity at the Radio Rooftop Bar – providing attendees a chance to connect with peers against the backdrop of the capital’s iconic skyline.
