
Tune in for an interview with Natalie Harsdorf-Borsch, Director General at the Austrian Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde (BwB). Hear: About sector inquires the BwB is driving in digital markets under her leadership;Her take on the Digital Markets Act (DMA), EU legislation designed to tame the power of the largest digital platforms – the so-called "gatekeepers";About the BwB cooperation with other competition and regulatory authorities, including the European Competition Network (ECN) Conf...
Jun 21, 2024
15 min

Tune in for an interview with Cani Fernández, the President of the Spanish Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (the CNMC). Hear: Her insights into competition enforcement the CNMC is driving in digital markets under her leadership; Her take on the Digital Markets Act (DMA), EU legislation designed to tame the power of the largest digital platforms – the so-called "gatekeepers". About the CNMC's cooperation with other competition authorities, i...
Jun 4, 2024
23 min

Tune in for an interview with Rima Alaily, Deputy General Counsel at Microsoft . Hear her views on: Whether regulators are turning on big techThe emerging 'ecosystem' theory of harm in merger control of digital dealsThe largest Microsoft's acquisition ever: video game publisher Activision Blizzard
Feb 7, 2023
30 min

Tune in for an interview with Sarah Cardell, Interim Chief Executive at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Hear insights into: Post-Brexit CMA investigations into digital companies in parallel with the European Commission to ensure coverage of the UK How has the CMA merger control practice evolved when looking at transactions in the digital space How the dedicated Digital Markets Unit (DMU) has been integrated into the CMA's work; impact of the delay of the DMU legislative...
Nov 24, 2022
31 min

Tune in for an interview with Andreas Mundt, President of the German Bundeskartellamt (BKartA), and Chair of the International Competition Network, to hear about the BKartA’s competition enforcement in the digital space. Hear insights into: What’s next on the BKartA’s agenda under the so-called “Section 19a GWB” against online platforms designated as being of “paramount importance” for competitionWhich role remains for the BKartA in taming market power online now that the EU is rolling ...
Oct 18, 2022
38 min

Tune in for an interview with Thibault Schrepel, a blockchain expert appointed to the World Economic Forum and the World Bank, author of book “Blockchain + Antitrust” (2021) as well as author of the world's most downloaded antitrust articles in four subsequent years. Hear why he considers that: Antitrust in blockchain is like jazz music – "pretty much dead"Blockchains can challenge today’s gatekeepersCompetition authorities should start by scrutinising how block...
Sep 18, 2022
29 min

Tune in for an interview with Isabelle de Silva – until recently, President of the French Autorité de la concurrence – to hear her insights into competition enforcement work in digital markets pursued under her leadership; as well as her take on the Digital Markets Act (DMA) – the EU legislative proposal designed to tame the power of the largest digital platforms – the so-called "gatekeepers".
May 17, 2022
21 min

Tune in for an interview with Alfonso Lamadrid de Pablo in the third episode of our series dedicated to the Digital Markets Act (DMA) - the EU legislative proposal designed to tame the power of large digital platforms - the so-called "gatekeepers". Hear insights of Alfonso - who is a vocal commentator on the draft DMA - about: Weaknesses in the very legal basis the DMA is built on The risk of fragmentation of EU competition law “Fixes” co-legislators should conside...
Jun 22, 2021
26 min

Tune in for an interview with MEP Stéphanie Yon-Courtin in the second episode of our series dedicated to the Digital Markets Act (DMA) - the EU legislative proposal designed to complement existing competition law, in attempt to tame the power of digital platforms - the so-called "gatekeepers". Hear insights of MEP Yon-Courtin - who is the European Parliament ECON Committee's rapporteur on the DMA - about: The role of national competition authoritiesThe interplay with traditional competi...
Jun 10, 2021
22 min

Tune in for an interview with Philip Marsden in the first episode of our series dedicated to the Digital Markets Act (DMA) - the EU legislative proposal designed to complement existing competition law, in attempt to tame the power of digital platforms that, quoting the DMA itself, serve as a "gateway for business users to reach end users" - the so-called "gatekeepers". Hear insights of Philip Marsden - who counts decades in various lead and advisory roles to competition enforcement and ...
Jun 1, 2021
31 min
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