Jurisdictional updates

Competition Law or Antitrust Law is a national law of a nation state but has cross-border sweep. Thus, cooperation amongst nations and their practicing professionals have become unavoidable. The dynamics of markets have been changing faster than ever as digital, data and technology spaces have taken centrestage of doing business faster and in a more transparent manner.
Competition Agencies have a unique collaborative platform called the International Competition Network (ICN). The ICN also encourages collaboration between Competition Agencies and practicing legal fraternities via Non-Governmental Advisers (NGAs). Thus, constant cooperation and collaboration are the important tools to enhance the domain expertise of competition law and help stakeholders reaping the benefits of the law through multiple convergence methods. The practicing legal professionals have additional opportunities of engagement via many Global Bar Associations to interact with and share thoughts of their respective jurisdictions. Inter Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) is one of the important bar associations which help share knowledge amongst IPBA Members through various conferences.
The Annual Conference of the IPBA of New Delhi is yet another opportunity for the members of the IPBA to come together and share thoughts via interactive manner for greater good to the entire membership fraternity of the IPBA.
The IPBA Annual Conference scheduled to be held in New Delhi from 26 February to 28 February 2026 has once again given an opportunity to the IPBA Competition Law Committee Members to converge and share jurisdictional updates via panel speakers in an interactive manner. This year the panel will comprise the jurisdictional updates of the USA, Singapore, Brazil, Chile, EU and India.

Presenters

Eva Cole

Partner, Winston & Strawn Llp

Rye

Recognized as one of the nation’s “Top 250 Women in Litigation” by Benchmark Litigation US, Eva litigates a wide variety of complex business disputes, including antitrust litigation, and defends targets of international cartel investigations and enforcement actions. She represents clients in connection with the full spectrum of federal and state antitrust issues, including monopolization, price-fixing, wage-fixing, no-poach agreements, group boycotts, exclusive dealing, tying, price discrimination, predatory pricing, unfair competition, and other restraints of trade. She also deftly helps clients navigate the difficult web of multiple, simultaneous government investigations around the world. Eva regularly works with multinational companies to develop robust antitrust-compliance programming. Clients benefit from her deep engagement, strategic thinking, practical approach, and efficient management of complex matters.

Eva has been recognized by numerous publications, including Legal 500 US, Lawdragon Magazine, Chambers USA, The Best Lawyers in America, and Global Competition Review.

Dr Corinne Chew

Director, Regulatory & Competition Law, Drew & Napier

Singapore

Vivian Fraga

Partner, TozziniFreire Advogados

São Paulo

Vivian Fraga is a Partner in TozziniFreire’s Antitrust practice, with more than 15 years of experience in competition and antitrust law. She began her career at the Brazilian Competition Authority (CADE), where she served as an enforcer in the department responsible for investigating antitrust infringements, including high-profile international cartel cases. Vivian has extensive expertise in a wide range of competition matters, including complex merger reviews, cartel investigations, leniency and settlement negotiations, analysis of horizontal and vertical agreements, abuse of dominance cases, and the implementation of compliance programs. She also contributes to the firm’s Asia Practice Group, reflecting her interest and involvement in cross-border matters. She holds a degree in Political Science and International Relations from Suffolk University (USA), a law degree from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, a postgraduate specialization in Regulatory Economic Law from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), and a master’s degree in Law from the University of São Paulo (USP). Vivian is consistently recognized for her work by leading legal directories, including The Legal 500, Latin Lawyer 250, and Análise Advocacia 500. In 2021, she was featured in the Women in Business Law guide by Expert Guides for her outstanding contributions to the field.

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