Antitrust Review
Business & Economics Podcasts
Welcome to Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review – a podcast focused on antitrust enforcement, policy and practice. In a complex and noisy world, we aim to bring insight and clarity through conversations with leading individuals shaping the antitrust agenda. Hosted by Cleary Gottlieb Partner Nick Levy, each episode will feature guests from the world of antitrust, including regulators and practitioners, to discuss critical issues that are dominating the agenda. This podcast was prepared as a service to clients and friends of Cleary Gottlieb to report on 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.
Location:
United States
Description:
Welcome to Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review – a podcast focused on antitrust enforcement, policy and practice. In a complex and noisy world, we aim to bring insight and clarity through conversations with leading individuals shaping the antitrust agenda. Hosted by Cleary Gottlieb Partner Nick Levy, each episode will feature guests from the world of antitrust, including regulators and practitioners, to discuss critical issues that are dominating the agenda. This podcast was prepared as a service to clients and friends of Cleary Gottlieb to report on 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.
Language:
English
Episodes
In conversation with Bill Kovacic
5/7/2024
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.
Duration:00:59:07
In conversation with Maria Jaspers
4/9/2024
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.
Duration:00:52:00
In conversation with Saverio Valentino
3/5/2024
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.
Duration:00:51:18
In conversation with Sarah Cardell
2/5/2024
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.
Duration:00:22:45
Looking forward to 2024 and back at 2023
1/15/2024
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.
Duration:01:20:58
In conversation with Gina Cass-Gottlieb
12/19/2023
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.
Duration:00:45:25
In conversation with Bruce Hoffman & Dave Gelfand
12/11/2023
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.
Duration:00:42:20
In conversation with Alberto Bacchiega.
10/11/2023
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.
Duration:00:49:37
In conversation with Dr. Jorge Padilla.
10/3/2023
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.
Duration:00:51:16
In conversation with Sir Jonathan Faull
7/19/2023
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.
Duration:01:00:17
In conversation with Mario Siragusa
7/5/2023
In the latest episode of Antitrust Review, host Nick Levy is joined by legendary EU antitrust lawyer and jurist Mario Siragusa. Their conversation looks back at Mario’s 50-year career as one of the leading practitioners of his generation, surveys changes in EU competition law and legal practice that have occurred over the period, discusses the current enforcement environment, and provides advice to young lawyers on how best to advocate before competition agencies and courts.
Duration:00:51:17
In conversation with Professor Frédéric Jenny
6/20/2023
In the latest episode of Antitrust Review, host Nick Levy, co-head of Cleary Gottlieb’s award-winning antitrust practice, is joined by Professor Frédéric Jenny, the legendary jurist and Chair of the OECD Competition Law and Policy Committee. Among other things, they discuss the current enforcement environment, the “weaponization” of antitrust, divergence, harmonization, and cooperation between agencies, and the spectre of digital regulation.
Duration:01:04:04
Digital Regulation Comes to the UK
5/16/2023
In the latest episode of Antitrust Review, host Nick Levy is joined by Cleary Gottlieb experts Jackie Holland, Henry Mostyn and Conor Opdebeeck-Wilson to discuss the UK’s proposal for a new regime regulating the world’s leading digital platforms.
Their conversation covers an array of topics, including the scope of the new law; its interaction with existing UK antitrust enforcement powers and the parallel EU regime, the Digital Markets Act; and the implications of the proposed law for UK merger control and consumer protection.
Duration:00:40:06
In conversation with Henri Piffaut
4/17/2023
In the latest episode of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review, host Nick Levy is joined by Henri Piffaut, Vice-President of the French Competition Authority, to discuss the agency’s enforcement practice, the role of politics in merger control, differences between the French Competition Authority and DG COMP, where Henri worked for many years, and the outlook for the coming year.
Duration:00:43:05
In conversation with Sir Philip Lowe
3/9/2023
In the latest episode of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy interviews Sir Philip Lowe, former Director-General of DG COMP.
The conversation covers an array of topics spanning Philip’s 50-year career, including the reforms he introduced as Director-General to merger control, antitrust enforcement, Article 102 and private damages actions, the impact of Brexit on UK competition law enforcement, and the EC’s energy policy.
Duration:00:45:50
In conversation with Guillaume Loriot
2/15/2023
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.
Duration:00:51:12
In conversation with Anu Bradford
2/6/2023
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.
Duration:00:44:50
Looking forward to 2023 and back at 2022
1/18/2023
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.
Duration:00:49:17
In conversation with Andreas Mundt, President of the Bundeskartellamt
12/14/2022
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.
Duration:00:51:26
The Spectre of Enforcement
12/7/2022
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.
Duration:00:46:08