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1 Sep 2020 R

Isabelle BERGER-STEINER (Nivalion): Funding competition claims – What is the impact of the Covid-19 crisis?

Isabelle Berger-Steiner, Marc Barennes • N° 3-2020 • pp. 16-18

Interview conducted by Marc Barennes, CDC Cartel Damage Claims, Luxembourg. As a follow-up to the first interview with a litigation funder I carried out last year, it is my pleasure this year to interview Dr Isabelle Berger-Steiner, a Director and Head of Switzerland, France & Benelux with (...)

1 Sep 2020 R

Susan HINCHLIFFE (General Electric): An in-house perspective on recent competition law developments

Susan Hinchliffe, Katrin Schallenberg • N° 3-2020

Interview conducted by Katrin Schallenberg, Partner, Clifford Chance, Paris. Introduction Sue, you went from being a partner in a prestigious US law firm to taking up a senior in-house role as lead antitrust counsel Europe and ROW at one of the largest companies in the world, General (...)

1 May 2020 R

Marc VAN DER WOUDE (GCEU): The reform of the General Court for a better and faster judicial review

Marc van der Woude, Jean-François Bellis • N° 2-2020 • pp. 16-20

The reform of the General Court of the European Union foreseen by Regulation 2015/2422 was completed in September 2019. With the doubling of the number of its judges, the General Court is in a situation to ensure that even the most complex cases are dealt with efficiently, coherently and in a (...)

1 May 2020 R

Jacques CREMER (University of Toulouse I) & Jorge PADILLA (Compass Lexecon): How to make competition policy fit for the digital age?

Jorge Padilla, Jacques Cremer, Alexandre de Streel • N° 2-2020

Interview conducted by Alexandre de Streel, Professor, University of Namur and Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE), Brussels In 2019, many reports have been adopted or commissioned by antitrust authorities across the world to identify the new issues raised by the digital platforms and (...)

1 Feb 2020 R

Dirk MIDDELSCHULTE (Unilever): How purpose-driven business charms a competition practitioner

Dirk Middelschulte, Christian Ahlborn • N° 1-2020

In this interview, Dirk Middelschulte, Global General Counsel Competition for Unilever in Brussels, reviews competition law developments including in the Fast-moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector, and his approach, and experiences at, Unilever. Specifically, Middelschulte outlines his views on a (...)

1 Feb 2020 R

Jacqueline RIFFAULT-SILK (French Civil Supreme Court): A French judge in the course of European construction

Jacqueline Riffault-Silk, Muriel Chagny • N° 1-2020 • pp. 14-19

In this interview, Jacqueline Riffault-Silk talks about her career in the French judiciary. In particular, she reviews her experience at the Paris Court of Appeal and the French Civil Supreme Court. She also discusses the role of the French judge in the context of European construction, (...)

1 Nov 2019 R

Charles COPPOLANI (ARJEL): Online gambling regulation – 10 years later

Charles Coppolani, Pauline de Lanzac • N° 4-2019 • pp. 14-18

Charles Coppolani, President of the French online gambling regulatory authority (ARJEL), reviews the liberalization of online gambling and speaks about the privatization of the Française des jeux. Interview conducted by Pauline de Lanzac, Partner, Latournerie Wolfrom Avocats, Paris. In 2010, (...)

1 Nov 2019 R

Marina TAVASSI (Milan Court of Appeal): The development of private enforcement in Italy – the experience of a specialised judge

Marina Tavassi, Ginevra Bruzzone, Enrico Adriano Raffaelli • N° 4-2019

In this interview, President Marina Tavassi tackles several issues in the field of private antitrust enforcement, drawing on the remarkable experience she has gained as a specialised judge in different Italian Courts. Interview conducted by Ginevra Bruzzone, economist, School of European (...)

1 Sep 2019 R

TOH Han Li (CCCS): A decade at the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore

Toh Han Li, Kala Anandarajah • N° 3-2019

Toh Han Li has spent a decade at the CCCS and has been its CEO for the past six years. In this exclusive interview, Toh Han Li shares his insights on the Singapore competition system, on his experience at the CCCS, on the agency’s growth and the new challenges it is facing. Interview conducted (...)

1 Sep 2019 R

Étienne CHANTREL (French Competition Authority): Further reform of merger control

Etienne Chantrel, Faustine Viala • N° 3-2019 • pp. 14-18

Étienne Chantrel, Deputy General Case Handler and Head of the Mergers Department of the French Competition Authority, reviews his department’s activity and discusses the merger control reform. Interview conducted by Faustine Viala, Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Paris. After serving as (...)

1 May 2019 R

Joseph STIGLITZ (Columbia University): Competition policy, the need for a more nuanced view

Joseph E. Stiglitz, Eleanor M. Fox • N° 2-2019 • pp. 16-17

Interview conducted by Eleanor Fox, Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation, NYU Law, New York. Professor Stiglitz, you have given a great deal of thought to competition policies in developing countries and you have been very important in helping many of them frame their policy (...)

1 May 2019 R

Martin D’HALLUIN (News Corp): Antitrust and Data

Martin d’Halluin, Damien Geradin • N° 2-2019

Interview conducted by Damien Geradin, Partner, Euclid Law, Brussels — Professor, Tilburg University. In which ways is user data important for digital platforms? Data is essential for tech companies. This was very hard to predict even ten years ago. All online services are now powered by data (...)

1 May 2019 R

Irène LUC (French Competition Authority): Actions for damages in antitrust cases - Situational analysis in France and in the European Union

Irène Luc, Vasil Savov • N° 2-2019

Interview realised on the occasion of the 3rd edition of the annual conference on private enforcement organised by Concurrences Review, which took place on 28 March 2019 at the Paris Court of Appeal, in the panel dedicated to damages assessment with Etienne Pfister (French Competition (...)

1 Feb 2019 R

Winston KIANG (Intel): Competition perspectives from Asia

Winston Kiang, Philip Monaghan • N° 1-2019

Winston Kiang, Greater Asia Regional Competition Counsel at Intel, discusses the unique competition challenges facing business in Asia. In particular, he highlights difficult issues related to attorney-client privilege, dawn raids, and due process. He also offers insight into how lawyers can (...)

1 Feb 2019 R

Jean TIROLE (Toulouse School of Economics) : Reflections on innovation policy

Antoine Chapsal, Jean Tirole • N° 1-2019 • pp. 16-19

Speech made by Antoine Chapsal, Partner, Analysis Group, Paris / Brussels. Antoine Chapsal: Allow me to interrupt your discussions for a moment to thank you once again for coming in such large numbers this evening. I would like to thank the Minister in particular for accepting our invitation (...)

1 Feb 2019 R

Qing LI (SAMR): The implementation of fair competition review system in China

Qing Li, Wei Tan • N° 1-2019

Interview conducted by Dr. Wei Tan, Managing Director, Mingde Economic Research Inc., Washington, D.C. Can you explain the reason why the Chinese government wants to establish a fair competition review system? The Fair Competition Review Mechanism (FCRM) is a significant decision for Chinese (...)

1 Feb 2019 R

James WILLIAMSON (Vannin Capital): Funding competition claims - How do funders work?

James Williamson, Marc Barennes • N° 1-2019

Interview conducted by Marc Barennes, Référendaire, Court of Justice of the European Union (General Court), Luxembourg. It is a pleasure to meet with you, James. In addition to your role as an associate director of Vannin Capital, a leading litigation funder, you have particular expertise in (...)

1 Feb 2019 R

Zhenguo WU (SAMR): A review of achievement and future direction of antimonopoly law enforcement in China

Zhenguo Wu, Wei Tan • N° 1-2019

In this interview, Director General Wu reviewed the main achievement of AML in the last ten years, the changes in institution design and enforcement priority after the establishment of SAMR. Director Wu also expressed his view on a number of topics, including vertical merger, the use of (...)

1 Nov 2018 R

Margrethe VESTAGER (European Commission): Reflections on the landmark cases

Ingrid Vandenborre, Margrethe Vestager • N° 4-2018 • pp. 12-16

The mandate of EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager is slowly reaching an end. Undoubtedly it has been remarkable by the number of large scale merger, antitrust and state aid cases that made the headlines across both sides of the Atlantic. In this interview, Commissioner Vestager (...)

1 Nov 2018 R

Stanislas MARTIN (French Competition Authority): Which balance between the effectiveness of competition procedures and the rights of defense?

Mélanie Thill-Tayara, Stanislas Martin • N° 4-2018

Interview conducted by Mélanie Thill-Tayara, Partner, Dechert, Paris. A graduate of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and ENA, you have held several positions within the DGCCRF, worked for the Permanent Representation of France to the European Union and, less conventionally, practiced (...)

1 Nov 2018 R

Bernard ROMAN (French Regulatory Authority for Rail and Road Activities): Rail liberalization

Bernard Roman, Olivier Fréget • N° 4-2018

Interview conducted by Olivier Fréget, Partner, Cabinet Fréget & Associés, Paris. For contract services, examples from other European countries have shown that opening up to competition has not necessarily led to lower tariffs. What benefits does the Authority expect from this, for users and (...)

1 Sep 2018 R

Giovanni PITRUZZELLA (Italian Competition Authority): The Great Transformation - challenges for competition authorities

Enrico Adriano Raffaelli, Ginevra Bruzzone, Giovanni Pitruzzella • N° 3-2018 • pp. 12-17

The mandate of Giovanni Pitruzzella as the President of the Italian Competition Authority coincided with a Great Transformation involving the economy, policy and institutions all over the world and especially in Europe. In this interview, President Pitruzzella discusses the main challenges for (...)

1 Sep 2018 R

Riccardo FALCONI (Uber): Has digital economy disrupted competition law?

Riccardo Falconi, David Tayar, Katrin Schallenberg • N° 3-2018

Interview conducted by Katrin Schallenberg, Partner, Clifford Chance and David Tayar, Partner, Clifford Chance. Digital actors and platforms have been disrupting markets by bringing together innovation and scalability to unprecedented levels and by unlocking efficiencies in various sectors. (...)

1 Sep 2018 R

Sébastien SORIANO (ARCEP): Let’s invent a "Robin Hood" regulation that returns power from the digital titans back to everybody!

Charlotte Tasso de Panafieu, Olivier Fréget, Sebastien Soriano • N° 3-2018

Interview conducted by Charlotte Tasso-de Panafieu and Olivier Fréget, lawyers, Fréget – Tasso de Panafieu, Paris. For several years now, in addition to or in addition to your role as regulator, you have been alerting public opinion with some strong statements on the dangers of the "platform (...)

1 May 2018 R

Susan JONES (Novartis): Navigating competition law enforcement around the world - an in-house perspective

Bernd Meyring, Susan Jones • N° 2-2018

Having worked in a competition law authority, in private practice and now as an in-house lawyer, I view the latter as the most challenging and interesting. As an in-house lawyer, I feel responsible for safeguarding the long-term success and reputation of the company. So, it is important to (...)

1 May 2018 R

Emmanuel COMBE (French Competition Authority): Competition policy - An adaptation to new economic realities beyond sanctions

Didier Théophile, Emmanuel Combe • N° 2-2018 • pp. 19-23

Monsieur Emmanuel Combe, vice-président de l’Autorité de la concurrence, explique dans cet interview les enjeux des nouvelles réalités économiques pour la politique de la concurrence. Interview conducted by Didier Théophile, Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier, Paris. Can you remind us of your (...)

1 May 2018 R

Daniel FASQUELLE (French National Assembly): A professor’s take of lawmaking

Daniel Fasquelle, Jean-Louis Fourgoux • N° 2-2018 • pp. 6-10

Interview conducted by Jean-Louis Fourgoux, Partner, Fidal, Paris. Daniel Fasquelle, you defended a doctoral thesis on the rule of reason in European competition law before becoming a professor of law and, since 2007, Member of Parliament for Pas-de-Calais. You are also a holder of the CAPA. (...)

1 Feb 2018 R

Makan DELRAHIM (DoJ): Entrepreneurial spirit, international antitrust, and enforcement norms

Eleanor M. Fox, Makan Delrahim • N° 1-2018 • pp. 11-12

Interview conducted by Eleanor Fox, Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation, New York University School of Law. Makan Delrahim : Entrepreneurial spirit, international antitrust, and enforcement norms Assistant Attorney General Delrahim, we were delighted that you gave the opening (...)

1 Feb 2018 R

Johanne PEYRE (Pearson): Managing global compliance - Battle-tested tips from in-house

Johanne Peyre, Romano F. Subiotto • N° 1-2018

Interview conducted by Romano Subiotto, Solicitor-Advocate, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, London/Brussels. What are the main criteria on which you select an outside counsel? I can say that the following are the main criteria: Ability to provide a useful opinion that enables us to (...)

1 Nov 2017 R

Tommaso VALLETTI (DG COMP): Economics in competition law - Working together

Benoît Durand, Tommaso Valletti • N° 4-2017 • pp. 11-15

Tommaso Valletti, Chief Competition Economist at the DG COMP since september 2016, assesses the role of the chief competition economist (CEE) and the necessary interaction between economics and competition law in this interview conducted by Benoît Durand, RBB Economics, Brussels. The chief (...)

1 Nov 2017 R

Beau BUFFIER (New York State AG): Observations on Twelve months as New York’s antitrust chief

Beau W. Buffier, Michael L. Weiner • N° 4-2017

On the anniversary of his appointment to the position of Chief of the Antitrust Bureau at the New York Office of the Attorney General, Michael Weiner from Dechert LLP interviews Beau Buffier about his experiences as an enforcement official, the role of State AGs in antitrust matters and about (...)

1 Sep 2017 R

Isabelle DE SILVA (French Competition Authority) : The French Competition Authority, between renewal and continuity

Anne Wachsmann, Isabelle de Silva • N° 3-2017 • pp.9-14

Mrs. Isabelle de Silva, the new President of the French Competition Authority, explains in this interview the Authority’s role and its priorities in the french, european and international context. Interview conducted by Anne Wachsmann, Linklaters, Paris. A wind of renewal is blowing in France. (...)

1 Sep 2017 R

Gary ZANFAGNA (Honeywell): Antitrust compliance from the inside

Gary Zanfagna, Richard G. Parker • N° 3-2017

In this interview, Gary Zanfagna talks about his experience as Chief Antitrust Counsel and Associate General Counsel of Honeywell International, and notably about the antitrust issues of a global acting company. Interview conducted by Richard G. Parker, O’Melveny & Myers, Washington. (...)

1 May 2017 R

French Presidential Elections 2017: Which competition policy for France and the EU?

Alain Ronzano, Christophe Lemaire, Emmanuel Macron, Nicolas Charbit • N° 2-2017

The questions for this interview were assembled by the Editorial Committee of Concurrences Review : Nicolas Charbit, Chief editor of Concurrences, Alain Ronzano, Editor of « L’actu-concurrence » and Christophe Lemaire, Partner Ashurst – Associate Professor, Sorbonne Law School (University Paris I). (...)

1 May 2017 R

Michal HALPERIN (IAA): The first goal is to strengthen enforcement against monopolies

Michal Halperin, Tal Eyal-Boger • N° 2-2017

After a decade in private sector, Michal Halperin was appointed as the Director General of the Israel Antitrust Authority (IAA) in March 2016. In this interview, she describes IAA’s current competition policy and the challenges it is facing. Interview conducted by Tal Eyal-Bouger, Fischer Behar (...)

1 May 2017 R

Bruno LASSERRE (State Council) : Looking back… and forward on competition regulation in France

Bruno Lasserre, Christophe Lemaire • N° 2-2017 • pp.14-21

Bruno Lasserre, former French Competition Authority’s President, assesses his experience in competition regulation, the evolution of this law and its upcoming challenges. Interview conducted by Christophe Lemaire, Partner Ashurst, Associate professor Sorbonne Law School. The competition: when (...)

1 May 2017 R

Sabine CHALMERS (Anheuser-Busch InBev): Getting the Deal Done - ABI/SAB

Christine Varney, Sabine Chalmers • N° 2-2017

In this interview, Sabine Chalmers talks about her experience as Chief Legal Officer of Anheuser-Busch InBev, and notably about ABI’s acquisition of SABMiller. Interview conducted by Christine A. Varney, Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York. How did you become the general counsel of (...)

1 Feb 2017 R

Mathias TRAUB (Bosch): Antitrust Law around the world – An in-house view

Denis Fosselard, Mathias Traub • N° 1-2017

Mathias TRAUB, head of the antitrust department at one of the world’s leading automotive suppliers, discusses his work as an-house counsel, the challenges of this position and notably, how it differs from his previous experience in private practice. Interview conducted by Denis Fosselard, (...)

1 Feb 2017 R

Camilla HOLTSE (Maersk): Antitrust compliance in a global context

Camilla Jain Holtse, Matthew Levitt • N° 1-2017 • pp. 10-14

Camilla Jain Holtse, head of competition compliance at the world’s largest liner shipping company, discusses the challenges posed by the ever-growing number of competition authorities in a world without universally accepted standards of due process or substantive harmonisation. Interview (...)

1 Nov 2016 R

Johannes LAITENBERGER (DG COMP): Enforcing EU competition law - Keeping the Single Market open and level

Johannes Laitenberger, Jonas Koponen • Nº 4-2016 • pp. 11-16

The multiple crises we are faced with are certainly among the most serious tests in the EU’s six decades of existence. Many commentators criticise the EU’s alleged inability to tackle these formidable challenges. But the picture is not as bleak as some paint it. Competition policy and enforcement (...)

1 Nov 2016 R

Renata HESSE (Acting Assistant Attorney General): Protecting the competitive process

John M. Taladay, Renata B. Hesse • Nº 4-2016

In this interview with Acting Assistant Attorney General Renata Hesse, she explains how she has taken over the helm of the Antitrust Division at a time when its enforcement activities have been quite successful and are continuing at a high level of intensity. Her objectives in her leadership (...)

1 Sep 2016 R

Marie-Laure SAUTY DE CHALON (Au Féminin): Run, companion, the old world is behind you!

Christophe Lemaire, Laurent Mirguet, Marie-Laure Sauty de Chalon • Nº 3-2016 • pp. 8-9

Marie-Laure Sauty de Chalon explains how she became aufeminin’s CEO, one of the world leader of editorial and community-based content for women, and why she accepted to join the French Competition Authority. Particularly involved in the issues raised by the evolution of digital economy, (...)

1 Sep 2016 R

Yong HUANG (University of International Business and Economics): China’s competition enforcement to facilitate market economy

Huang Yong, Roger Zhang • Nº 3-2016

The Chinese antitrust regime has made tremendous progress in its short eight years. One of the biggest achievements is that it brought awareness of competition to Chinese businesses and consumers. While the enforcement team still needs to build more expertise and case handling experience, (...)

1 May 2016 R

Robert MAHNKE (PayPal): Antitrust and e-payments

Richard S. Taffet, Robert Mahnke • N° 2-2016 • pp. 9-13

Recently appointed Global Competition Counsel at PayPal, Robert Mahnke offers his point of view on the evolution of the competitive marketplace and explains how the sector operates. He particularly stresses the leading role of innovation and the challenges the company will face in the future. (...)

1 May 2016 R

Eric J. STOCK (New York Attorney General’s office): Reflections of a New York’s former top antitrust enforcer

Eric Stock, Jonathan M. Jacobson • N° 2-2016

In this interview, Eric J. Stock, the outgoing Chief of the Antitrust Bureau of the New York Attorney General’s office, fields questions about his time in government from Jonathan Jacobson, a partner at Wilson Sonsini and the Vice-Chair of the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association. (...)

1 Feb 2016 R

Sébastien SORIANO (ARCEP): Internet - A regulatory challenge beyond competition law

Sebastien Soriano, Winston Maxwell • N° 1-2016 • pp. 8-12

Interview conducted by Winston Maxwell, Hogan Lovells, Paris. ARCEP now has the power to unilaterally decide that a VoIP service provider, such as Skype, is an operator within the meaning of the French Electronic Communications Postal Code. Why is this so important? Is it to deal with the (...)

1 Dec 2015 R

Emmanuel MACRON (French Minister of Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs): Competition policy: A weapon to reconcile liberty, equality and economic efficiency

Emmanuel Combe, Emmanuel Macron, Nicolas Charbit • N° 4-2015 • pp. 8-13

Interview conducted by Emmanuel Combe, French Competition Authority and Nicolas Charbit, Editor in chief Concurrences. Several times, you’ve stated that competition can form part of a progressive vision of society, placing economic freedom and equal opportunities at the centre of debates. Can (...)

1 Dec 2015 R

Lord David CURRIE (CMA): Realising the benefits of the new UK regime

Christopher Bellamy QC, David Currie • N° 4-2015

Interview conducted by Sir Christopher Bellamy, Linklaters, London. Institutional For the benefit of the readers of Concurrences could you outline the main features of the UK competition regime, and the effect of the recent reforms? The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act (ERRA) passed by (...)

1 Sep 2015 R

Dominique BRAULT (Herbert Smith): Competition policy and the changes and evolution of French State and its economy trough the 80s’

Dominique Brault, Laurence Idot • N° 3-2015 • pp. 9-14

Interview conducted by Laurence Idot, Professor, University Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), Member, College of the French Competition Authority, Paris. L.I.: Could you retrace your entire career, since most of our readers knew you after 1986 as a lawyer, a professor, or even President of the AFEC? (...)

1 Sep 2015 R

Margrethe VESTAGER (European Commission): Competition enforcement does boost Europe’s growth potential

Antonio Bavasso, Margrethe Vestager • N° 3-2015

Interview conducted by Antonio Bavasso, Allen & Overy, London. The Juncker Commission is very focused on growth and innovation. Competition policy can be a key lever to promote productivity growth. How will this be reflected in your enforcement priorities, case selection and decisional (...)

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