In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Bill Kovacic, a legend in the world of antitrust. 

Their conversation covers an array of topics, including Bill’s 50-year career, the consumer welfare standard, the progressive leadership of the U.S. antitrust agencies, regulation of Big Tech, the global antitrust landscape, and much more.

In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Maria Jaspers, who heads the EC’s Cartels Directorate. Their conversation covers an array of topics, including the EC’s enforcement practice and leniency program, dawn raids in a digital world, the settlement procedure, follow-on damages actions, global enforcement, and much more.

In the latest instalment of the Cleary Gottlieb Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Saverio Valentino, Board member of the Italian Antitrust Authority.

The conversation covers Saverio’s first year in the role, the agency’s current priorities, merger control and FDI regulation, cartel enforcement, rights of defence, judicial review, and much more.

In the latest instalment of the Cleary Gottlieb Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Sarah Cardell, Chief Executive of the Competition & Markets Authority.  Their conversation covers a range of topics, including her first year in the role, merger control, Microsoft/Activision, cartel enforcement, judicial review, international coordination, sustainability, and her plans for the future.

In the latest episode of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy interviews members of Cleary Gottlieb’s award-winning antitrust practice about the principal developments in 2023 and their predictions for antitrust enforcement in 2024. 

Partners from across the world share their thoughts about the past year and what’s in store for the next 12 months.

In the latest episode of Antitrust Review, host Nick Levy is joined by Gina Cass-Gottlieb, Chair of the ACCC, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

Their conversation covers Gina’s first 18 months as Chair of the ACCC, the proposed reforms of Australian merger control, the ACCC’s enforcement practice, the role of sustainability considerations, the regulation of Big Tech, and much more.

In the latest instalment of the Cleary Gottlieb Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Bruce Hoffman, Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition between August 2017 and December 2019, and Dave Gelfand, who served from 2013 through 2016 as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. 

Their conversation focuses on U.S. merger control, including Microsoft/Activision, the Baker Hughes framework, recent enforcement practice of the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission, and changes to the Merger Guidelines and HSR form.

In the latest episode of Cleary’s Antitrust Review, host Nick Levy is joined by Alberto Bacchiega, Director of the Commission’s Digital Platforms Directorate, which is charged with implementing the EU’s landmark Digital Markets Act.  

Their conversation covers the Commission’s implementation of the Act, its designation of gatekeepers and core platform services that will subject to its obligations, the parallel application of national regulatory regimes and Article 102, and how the Commission intends judging whether the Act has been successful.

In the latest instalment of Cleary’s Antitrust Review, host Nick Levy is joined by Dr. Jorge Padilla, one of Europe’s leading antitrust economists.  Their conversation covers Jorge’s 30-year career, the evolution in the application of economics and the use of economists in European merger control, the scope for advancing economic evidence in antitrust cases, the role that economics can play in enabling agencies to take account of sustainability objectives, and the impending regulation of digital platforms.

In the latest episode of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy interviews Sir Jonathan Faull.

Their conversation covers Sir Jonathan’s 30-year career at the European Commission, including the early days of the EU Merger Regulation, the legacy of DG COMP’s Modernization Program, which he helped to design in the early 2000’s, the negotiations that preceded the Brexit vote, where he played a critical role in representing the European Union, the future of the European Union following Brexit, and his new career in public affairs.