We are delighted to announce the 11th Winter School on Economics of Competition Law, a specialised programme titled “Economics of Competition Law for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)”. The programme is designed as an intensive and development-oriented learning platform for policymakers, regulators, legal practitioners, researchers, development professionals, and students from Asia and Africa.

The Winter School examines how competition law and economic regulation operate within the unique realities of developing economies characterised by informality, concentrated ownership structures, state-owned enterprises, commodity dependence, and rapidly evolving digital markets.

Delivered through live expert-led sessions, case study workshops, policy simulations, and interactive discussions, the programme bridges the gap between economic theory and real-world enforcement practice in Least Developed Countries.

The programme will consist of 10 live sessions over 10 days, focusing on the following themes:

Economics actuates Competition Law and Regulatory Scenario

Markets are becoming increasingly global and the approaches to regulate them more economics based. Modern competition law differs from traditional competition law in that it now reflects the dominance of the economic model of analysing the market structures and behaviour. Competition economics assumes importance as regulatory and competition authorities have moved to adopt more economics based approaches in analysing business practices and determining anti-competitive behaviour. Even the current policy formulation and consultation takes into account market dynamics and thus critical to understand these nuances to help better understand the broader picture. Competition law and policy is sector neutral and thus a better understanding of competition economics equips participants with tools to analyse interplay between complex issues related to competition in all the sectors of economy.

Global Relevance with Local Application

The knowledge acquired through this Winter School will be relevant regardless of the jurisdiction in which you work. The themes of the sessions cover evolving jurisprudence. Case studies, decisions and approaches from the US, EU and other developed as well as developing countries will be discussed within a common analytical framework strongly based on economic theory. Contemporary issues related to importance of economic evidence in competition law, Economic tools and analysis in cartels, vertical agreements, abuse of dominance and Mergers & Acquisitions, and use of consumer surveys in competition case analysis, etc. will be analysed in an informed manner.

a. Legal Practitioners, Competition Lawyers and Law Firms

Designed especially for lawyers, the course tends to explain the economics in a language the lawyers can understand. From a legal practitioner’s perspective, it is vital to understand and assess the relevance and rigour of the economic analysis so as formulate a strategy regarding specific case. This could include identifying whether the data employed and empirical approach in economic analysis is appropriate, and ascertaining the consistency of assumptions used in economic models with characteristics of industry/sector. The economic concepts and methodical techniques that lawyers working in mergers and competition cases need to know will also be discussed.

b. In-house Counsels at Corporate Entity

This course will help the corporates to understand the economics of competition law in a better way, which will help them to device policies to better their services and products in order to have a better footing in the market while in compliance with law.

c. Competition Authorities and Regulatory Affairs Officials

They will be able to better understand the competition economics and will be well equipped to deal with the competition cases. The applied concepts to be discussed during Winter School will help regulatory officials devise better regulatory approaches in their respective sectors so as to develop a competitive framework.

d. Economic Consultancies

Practitioners working with economic consultancies and economists will get a chance to learn the contemporary literature and will also learn from the top practitioner’s ways to identify and apply best economic model suited to a specific industry.

e. Representatives from Central and State Governments

The course can prove beneficial for them and help them in understanding the issues related to economic policy, investment policy and market development and competition policy in India and best international approaches to effectively achieve policy objectives.

f. Researchers in area of Law, Economics, and Management

The course will teach them the economics behind various tenets of competition law and provide them opportunities to interact with the pioneers in this field. This will equip them with better legal and economic tools to analyse contemporary debates in an informed manner.

*Discount will be provided for early bird and group registrations.

The previous winter schools have seen an influx of participation from foreign competition authorities, tier-1 law firms, corporate sector, academicians, economists and legal practitioners. Following is the list of entities, from where the participants have taken benefit of this course: