Antitrust Review

In episode thirteen of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy interviews Guillaume Loriot, who, following a 20-year career at DG COMP, is now the EC’s Deputy Director-General for Mergers.

Their conversation covers a broad range of topics, including the EC’s merger enforcement practice and remedies policy, the jurisdictional ambit of the EU Merger Regulation, the EU’s new foreign subsidies regime and Digital Markets Act, and cooperation between the EC and other antitrust agencies.

In the latest episode of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy interviews author, scholar and expert in international antitrust and trade law Professor Anu Bradford.

The conversation covers a range of topics raised by Anu in The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World and her upcoming book, Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology, which will be released later this year.

Nick and Anu discuss how the EU has shaped the regulatory agenda around the work, whether the EU is becoming more protectionist, and whether the U.S. will embrace the EU’s market-driven regulatory model for Big Tech.

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 legal developments in 2022 and their predictions for the enforcement of antitrust law in 2023.

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 Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy interviews Andreas Mundt, President of the Bundeskartellamt. Their conversation covers a wide array of topics, including merger control, cartel enforcement, legislative change in Germany, data and Big Tech, sustainability, and much more.

In the third episode of a three-part series on U.S. antitrust enforcement, host Nick Levy interviews Cleary Gottlieb colleagues Bruce Hoffman and Leah Brannon about the U.S. enforcement environment for Big Tech, the agencies’ application of Section 2 of the Sherman Act, and the prospects for legislative change.

In the second episode of a three-part series on U.S. antitrust enforcement, host Nick Levy interviews Cleary Gottlieb colleagues Dave Gelfand and Heather Nyongo’o about U.S. antitrust and merger litigation, the prospects for legislative change in the U.S., and their practical experiences of handling major litigation at the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and in private practice.

This podcast was created as a service to clients and friends of Cleary Gottlieb to report on topics and recent developments that may be of interest. The information in it is therefore general, and should not be considered or relied on as legal advice.

In the first episode of a three-part series on U.S. antitrust enforcement, host Nick Levy interviews Cleary Gottlieb colleagues George Cary and Elaine Ewing about U.S. merger control under President Biden.  Their discussion examines the current enforcement environment, the prospects for legislative reform, and much more.

This podcast was created as a service to clients and friends of Cleary Gottlieb to report on topics and recent developments that may be of interest. The information in it is therefore general, and should not be considered or relied on as legal advice.

In the latest episode of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, a panel of Cleary Gottlieb experts unpack the EU’s landmark Digital Markets Act, explaining its scope and implications for the world’s leading digital platforms. 

Nick Levy, host of the podcast and partner at Cleary Gottlieb, is joined by three of Europe’s leading antitrust lawyers to discuss the Act following its adoption in October 2022.

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In this episode of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Olivier Guersent, Director-General of the EC’s Directorate-General for Competition.

Over a 30-year career at the EC, Olivier has been at the centre of antitrust enforcement and policy.  A former Director of Mergers and architect of the EC’s Leniency Program, he has served in the private offices of Commissioners Karel Van Miert, Michel Barnier and Neelie Kroes, and, before taking his current role, was Director-General of the EC’s Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union.

Nick and Olivier discuss a wide array of issues, including the state of the EU, merger and cartel enforcement, and Big Tech.

In the fourth episode of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy interviews Professor Eleanor M. Fox, who for 40 years has been one of the world’s most distinguished academic commentators on antitrust law and has played an instrumental role in bringing competition law to emerging markets. 

Nick and Eleanor discuss U.S. antitrust enforcement under President Biden, the EU’s new regulatory regime for Big Tech, strengths and weaknesses in current enforcement policy, how to inspire students, and much more.