James F. Rill Liber Amicorum

This Liber Amicorum honors James F. Rill's extraordinary career, his professional accomplishments, and his exceptional and lasting influence on the development of national and international antitrust law and policy. This selection of 21 essays, written by Jim's friends, current and former colleagues, academics and other prominent practitioners, provides insightful, analytical and thoughtful reflections on an array of current and historical topics in antitrust law. Together, they also reflect Jim Rill's life in antitrust: his illustrious career as an antitrust practitioner, his successful tenure as Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust within the US Department of Justice and his ground-breaking work as Co-Chair of the International Competition Policy Advisory Committee (ICPAC), culminating in the creation of the International Competition Network (ICN). As testified by this compilation of articles, Jim's keen interest in the law, his dedication to the principles of international cooperation, convergence, and due process in antitrust, and his genuine interest in and affection for the people who are part of the antitrust community have made an enduring impact in the field of competition law and will continue to do so for many decades.

John Taladay is a highly esteemed antitrust and competition lawyer with years of experience leading complex antitrust merger, litigation, and cartel investigation matters for clients around the globe. John serves as Chair of the global antitrust practice of Baker Botts, which is ranked top ten among the Global Competition Review (GCR) Elite (2022) competition practices in the world.

Paul Lugard is a highly regarded EU and international competition lawyer. His practice focuses on complex merger review proceedings, investigations into alleged anticompetitive business practices and cartels. Over the past 20 years, Mr. Lugard has steered over 100 international mergers and joint ventures through the merger review process of the European Commission and government agencies around the world. He has counseled some of the world's leading companies on strategic cooperation agreements, platform competition, distribution agreements and technology licensing agreements. His areas of experience include distribution agreements in the energy sector and the application of the antitrust laws to high technology sectors, including standardization, patent pools and licensing of standard essential patents. Mr. Lugard has assisted clients in oil and gas, LNG, human and animal health, consumer electronics, fast moving consumer goods, medical imaging, telecommunications and in various online industries.

Jane Antonio is a Senior Regulatory Analyst at Baker Botts LLP since March 2011.