These Awards aim at promoting antitrust scholarship. Around 100 articles will be selected by the Editorial Committee. The Academic Steering Committee and the readers nominate 20 of these articles. The Board finally elects 10 winning articles. Results were announced at the Awards Gala Dinner on April 10, 2018.
Best Academic Articles
The Academic Articles Awards reward the best articles published in peer-reviewed journals in 2017.
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Judging in Europe: Do Legal Traditions Matter?
Angela Huyue Zhang
King’s College (London) read the articleBest Business Articles
The Business Articles Awards reward the best articles published in professional publications in 2017.
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The shifting sands of EU merger control - un, deux, trois, piano!
Katarzyna Czapracka
White & Case (Brussels) read the articleBest Soft Law
The Best Soft Law is a selection of the most innovative non-enforcement tools such as guidelines, market studies and white papers published in 2017 by competition agencies.
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Draft Guidelines on Restrictive Business Practices
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Competition Commission
COMESA read the article
Testimonials
Bill Kovacic
«By recognizing superior writing in academia and practice, the Antitrust Writing Awards enhance the indispensable intellectual infrastructure of our field. George Washington University Competition Law Center»
Frédéric Jenny
«The Antitrust Writing Awards are the right event, on the right issue, at the right time. I thank George Washington University Law School and the Institute of Competition Law for launching this initiative. OECD Competition Committee»
Michael A. Carrier
«I was honored to receive an award for my article with Carl Minniti on citizen petitions. Our empirical study showed that there is a concern that the activity, which is designed to raise safety concerns, has been used by brand drug companies to delay generic entry. It is a true honor to receive such an award, which will hopefully raise awareness of this conduct. And I am grateful to Concurrences and GW for their creation of these awards and all of the work they do every year to run the competition and host a delightful dinner. In highlighting scholarship that is particularly deserving of attention, Concurrences and GW provide a real service to the antitrust community. Rutgers School of Law»
Eleanor M. Fox
«The awards ceremony was a rewarding event in more ways than one. It was a pleasure to see these outstanding authors from all over the world and to hear a synthesis of their work which has contributed so much to the law and it's practice. NYU School of Law»
D. Daniel Sokol
«The writing awards showcase works that push the boundaries of academic and practitioner knowledge. These works will be cited by courts and agencies and will help top shape antitrust/competition policy going forward. University of Florida Law School »
Alden F. Abbott
«The Concurrences writing awards highlight outstanding work by practitioners in the area of competition law and policy and shed valuable light on "cutting edge" topics. BlackBerry»
Andreas Stephan
«The Antitrust Writing Awards are an exciting celebration of the excellent research undertaken in the area of competition policy. University of East Anglia»
Jean-Yves Art
«The quality and conciseness of the Business Articles, as well as the experience and knowledge which their authors are sharing, are of great use to corporate lawyers. Microsoft»
Mathew Heim
«I commend the organisers for recognizing professional writing as a specific category. This initiative will, I hope, increase the quality and depth of such writing to provide the practical complement to academic articles. Qualcomm»
Deborah Majoras
«What I found to be most encouraging about the Antitrust Writing Awards is that they value – and hopefully incent — short-form articles that offer important information and practical advice for antitrust practitioners. Procter & Gamble»
Clifford Alan Jones
«The Awards are a great service to the antitrust community. By collecting the best writing in the field of practitioners and academics, the Awards create a one-stop shop that saves tremendous amounts of time and keeps readers fully cognizant of the best new work... University of Florida»
Janusz A. Ordover
«There is a great deal of writing in the area of antitrust, ranging from lengthy scholarly articles to short, timely notes on key cases. The Antitrust Writing Awards uniquely embrace and celebrate that scope for the benefit of all workers in the field. NYU»
David Gerber
«These awards have come to play a very important role in encouraging and rewarding quality writing about competition law! They have helped to spread competition law insights and knowledge throughout the world. Kent College of Law»
Maurits Dolmans
«The jury reviewed and selected a great number of publications with real diligence. This not only rewards the authors, but also is very helpful for practitioners, because it highlights the most interesting and influential papers from an increasing flood of publications that is more and more difficult to follow. We were honoured to receive an award for our firm’s alert memoranda and for several articles authored by lawyers from our firm, and we are grateful to Concurrences for this excellent initiative.Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton»
Mark Gidley
«We are pleased with the significant contribution that the Antitrust Writing Awards program makes to the development and promotion of antitrust scholarship and practical business literature. White & Case»
Olivier Fréget
«As sponsors as well as participants, we are delighted to play an active role in raising the bar of antitrust scholarship and the quality of client publications across the legal community. Allen & Overy»
Jonathan M. Jacobson
«The concept of encouraging excellence in both academic and more practical writings on competition is an excellent one, and Concurrences has done a remarkable job in creating a process for doing so. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati»
Olaf Christiansen
«The Antitrust Writing Awards bring together the Academic and the Business world from many countries, contribute to a better understanding of other legal cultures and thereby promote the global development of Competition law. Bertelsmann»
Scott P. Perlman
«I greatly appreciate our receiving this award, and the dinner was a great opportunity to meet and talk with other practitioners and government enforcement officials. Mayer Brown»
Paul Andres
«The Antitrust Writing Awards provide a vital forum for the validation and recognition of thought-leading scholarship. They accompany and consecrate the rising prominence and impact of competition law on the global economy. Nestlé»
Hans Zenger
«This is a great event promoting antitrust scholarship around the world. CRA»
Douglas H. Ginsburg
«Having served as a member of the panel bestowing the 2014 Awards for excellence in antitrust writing, I was very pleased to find the submissions ranged from the merely good to the truly outstanding. These awards have surely made antitrust academics and practitioners more alert to the value of writing well, with attention not only to substantive analysis but also to clarity and economy of presentation. Our field is blessed with an erudite academy and an intellectually sophisticated bar; the Concurrences Awards bring out the best in both. George Mason University»
Robert H. Lande
«Law professors so often write without any meaningful feedback or hearing only from those who disagree with them (to be sure, in the spirit of healthy debate). To have our work not only recognized, but recognized by board members whose work we respect so much and by institutions with so much credibility, is a rare and delightful treat. University of Baltimore»
Jorge Padilla
«The Antitrust Writing Awards represent a unique initiative to reward pure and applied research in antitrust. Academics and practitioners making valuable contributions to the literature see their names recognised and their work publicized... Compass Lexecon»
Anna Rosa Cosi
«The Antitrust Writing Awards represent a perfect mix of academic and business writing and set the scene for a valuable exchange among all players in the antitrust arena. SanDisk»
Caron Beaton-Wells
«The Antitrust Writing Awards were a wonderful celebration of the extremely high calibre of antitrust scholarship around the world. Competition policy, law and enforcement worldwide is greatly enriched by the quality of the research that was evidenced in the papers reviewed for the Awards... University of Melbourne Law School»
Joshua P. Davis
«Law professors so often write without any meaningful feedback or hearing only from those who disagree with them (to be sure, in the spirit of healthy debate). To have our work not only recognized, but recognized by board members whose work we respect so much and by institutions with so much credibility, is a rare and delightful treat. University of San Francisco»
Steven J. Cernak
«The Awards celebrate excellence in an area that clients find important and where most competition lawyers practice every day: explaining in plain language what the law is and where it is – or should be – heading. Schiff Hardin»
Daniel L. Rubinfeld
«As a 2017 academic writing winner for my work with Michal Gal and a former member of the Academic Steering Committee I am appreciative of the highly successful effort that Concurrences and GW Law have made to encourage and to reward writing efforts by incredible area of academics and practitioners. NYU Law»
Charles Webb
«It was my pleasure to serve on the Business Steering Committee this year. The Antitrust Writing Awards showcase the very best in antitrust writing over the past year, and participating in this process helps keep me updated on developing enforcement trends in the fast-pace and ever expanding world of antitrust and competition law.Walmart»
Roxane C. Busey
«Many thanks to Concurrence and its distinguished board for recognizing practical pieces as well academic articles on competition law and policy. I was very pleased and surprised that my article on global antitrust compliance was selected in the Cross Border business category. In this particularly challenging and ever changing area, we all have much to learn as we seek to understand and comply with the competition laws of other countries entering the global arena. Baker & McKenzie»
Johannes Laitenberger
«The Concurrences Antitrust Writing Awards Initiative fosters dialogue, debate and learning in the competition community worldwide. Introducing the Most Innovative Soft Laws Category contributes to the exchange of best practices and the increasing convergence between jurisdictions. The 2017 vintage was a moment of stimulating conversation of celebrating ideas. DG COMP»
Sandra Marco Colino
«The Antitrust Writing Awards are pivotal in promoting and showcasing excellence in antitrust scholarship. The nominations provide a reliable list of the year's must-read pieces on all aspects of competition law. It is an honour to have been nominated in 2017 and to have won the Readers' Vote in the category of Cross-Border Issues for my piece on leniency programmes. The Chinese University of Hong Kong»
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