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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

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 ...

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 o...

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 blockcha...

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".

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 consider...