Young London-based Lawyer wins Jones Day's $10,000 Swope Antitrust Writing Prize
March 25, 2008
Washington - A 2007 Yale Law graduate practicing in the UK has won the Third Annual William E. Swope Antitrust Prize for a paper analyzing the recent introduction of U.S.-style antitrust settlements in the European Union. The $10,000 award celebrates a former Jones Day partner and his pioneering fact-intensive approach to antitrust analysis.
The Prize was awarded today at ceremonies in the firm's Washington office to George Stephanov Georgiev, a 2007 graduate of Yale Law School currently working as an associate in the London office of Sullivan & Cromwell. His paper, "
Contagious Efficiency: The Growing Reliance on U.S.-Style Antitrust Settlements in EU Law," finds that "the use of settlements leads to distortions in enforcement incentives … and is interfering with many of the original goals of the antitrust modernization program."
Receiving $1,500 honorable mentions prizes were third-year Vanderbilt University Law School student Yasmine "Becky" Carson for "
Judicial Interference: Redefining the Role of the Judiciary Within the Context of U.S. and E.U. Merger Clearance Coordination" and Jesse Geraci, a third-year at Boalt Hall School of Law of the University of California at Berkeley, for "
Misusing Open-Source? How Technology Companies Using the GPL Might Run Afoul of Antitrust Law." All three winners have been invited to attend the Spring Meeting of the American Bar Association's Antitrust Section as guests of Jones Day.
"At a time when antitrust enforcement clung to rigid rules, tests, and theories, Bill Swope insisted on focusing on the facts and how they explained how specific markets worked in the real world," said
Phil Proger, the head of Jones Day's global antitrust practice. "While this is now the accepted standard, Bill was one of the leaders in pushing for fewer slogans and more factual analysis."
Only law students and recent graduates are eligible for the annual competition. The deadline for submissions for next year's prize is December 31, 2008. Complete rules are available at
www.jonesday.com/swope/.
Jones Day's Antitrust & Competition Law Practice consists of more than 135 counselors and litigators worldwide, including more than 45 in Beijing, Brussels, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris, Shanghai, and Tokyo. The practice is frequently recognized in professional publications and rankings as one of the leading antitrust/competition practices in the world.
Jones Day is an international law firm with 30 locations in centers of business and finance throughout the world. With more than 2,300 lawyers, including more than 400 in Europe, and 200 in Asia, it ranks among the world's largest law firms.
Contact: Phil Proger, Jones Day, 1.202.879.4668
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