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14 Till Schreiber is director at CDC Cartel Damage Claims Consulting (CDC) in Brussels. In this role he is responsible for the analysis, preparation, management and funding of some of the largest private damage cases relating to panEuropean antitrust infringements. Till has spoken at numerous conferences and has published widely on the innovative approach of CDC as well as general developments in the field of private antitrust enforcement in Europe. Till studied law at the universities of Bonn, Cologne, Barcelona and London (University College) and published a doctoral thesis on international competition law. Prior to joining CDC he worked as competition lawyer in a leading international law firm in Brussels, Cologne and Madrid. Paolo Buccirossi is the Director and the founder of Lear. Paolo has been working in the field of competition policy since 1994. After five years as economic advisor at the Italian Competition Authority, in 1999 Paolo set up Lear. Paolo has also cooperated with several governments in the implementation of a national competition policy regime and has advised the Dutch and the Czech Competition Authorities on their system of sanctions for breaches of competition law. In addition, he has led several research projects for the European Commission, the OFT, the UK Competition Commission and the Brazilian CADE. Paolo has been Visiting Scholar at George Mason University, New York University and Cambridge University. He also teaches Economics of Competition Law at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. Paolo has published on several academic journals. Paolo Palmigiano is the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer (EMEA) for Sumitomo Electric Industries. Previously he was the Head of Competition Law at Lloyds Banking Group in London, the General Counsel of the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg), the regulatory and competition authority in Ireland for telecoms and post. From 2000 to 2009 Paolo headed the Competition and Regulatory team of BT Group plc in London. He is the chairman of the Association of in-House Competition Lawyers, vice-chair of BIAC (the voice of business at the OECD in Paris) and a non-governmental advisor to the Competition and Markets Authority (‘CMA’) in the UK. He is also a member of the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s users’ group.