The UK State Aid Law Association held two seminars on the Subsidy Control Bill before Parliament in late 2021. Each of the seminars were limited to a maximum of 40 in-person attendees and were also streamed online.

The first seminar was hosted at Shearman & Sterling offices in London on Wednesday, November 24 and covered definition/scope, the principles, public services, and schemes/streamlined schemes.

Seminar 1 | Panelists

• Chair: James Webber – Partner, Shearman & Sterling, London

• Alexander Rose – Director, DWF, Newcastle

• Isabel Taylor – Partner, Slaughter and May, London

• Mohammed Khalil – Principal, Oxera, London

Watch Seminar 1 of The UK State Aid Law Association – The Subsidy Control Bill:

The second seminar was hosted at Pinsent Masons offices in London on Wednesday, December 1 and considered transparency obligations, the CMA role/ministerial referrals, CAT enforcement/remedies and issues relating to devolution.

Seminar 2 | Panelists

• Chair: Christopher Vajda QC, UK judge at the CJEU (2012-2020), Monckton Chambers

• Aidan Robertson QC, Brick Court Chambers

• George Peretz QC, Monckton Chambers

• Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho, 39 Essex Chambers

• Dr. Totis Kotsonis, Partner, Pinsent Masons