IBA Webinar: Exclusions and debarments in Europe

On 25 May 2021, a webinar will be held on “Exclusions and debarments in Europe”. The event is organised by the Debarment and Exclusions Subcommittee of the International Bar Association Anti-Corruption Committee. Katarzyna Kuźma, Partner in DZP’s Infrastructure and Energy Practice, will be a speaker at this virtual event.

This webinar will focus on exclusions and debarments from public procurement procedures in Europe and discuss current trending topics, such as:

• Corporate groups, successors, affiliates, subsidiaries and assigns: how do contracting authorities and multilateral development banks (MDBs) deal with group companies in exclusion and debarment cases?
• Antitrust and anticompetitive infringements: what are their implications on public procurement procedures?
• Standard of proof: when is a contracting authority entitled to exclude a company from a public procurement procedure – does it have any margin of discretion? How do courts treat this matter?

Moderator:

• Roland M Stein, Blomstein, Berlin; Co-Chair, Debarment and Exclusions Subcommittee, IBA Anti-Corruption Committee

Speakers:

• Katarzyna Kuzma, Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka, Warsaw
• Paul Kearney, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, London; Vice Chair, Debarment and Exclusions Subcommittee, IBA Anti-Corruption Committee
• Margarida Olazabal Cabral, Morais Leitão, Lisbon
• Annette Mutschler-Siebert, K&L Gates, Berlin
• Juan G. Ronderos, IDB Group, Washington, DC; Co-Chair, Debarment & Exclusions Subcommittee, IBA Anti-Corruption Committee

Post-webinar networking

As part of your IBA webinar experience, the IBA will be providing a networking room at the end of this webinar for attendees to join and chat with other participants. The programme is called REMO and in order to participate you will need to register ahead of the webinar.

Date and time: 25 May 2021, 13.00 – 14.00 BST

The webinar will be held in English.

Registration for IBA webinars close 1 hour prior to the broadcast time to ensure the login links are received by the attendee prior to the webinar taking place.

For more information and to register, please visit the IBA’s website: https://www.ibanet.org/Exclusions-and-debarments-in-Europe.aspx