How politics, policy, and people can shape antitrust law and enforcement

• Department of Law

This event is organised by the Competition Law Working Group and features a presentation by Levy Nicholas and Antoine Winckler (Cleary Gottlieb).

Prepared by two of the leading antitrust practitioners in Europe, this presentation contains unique insights into the way in which politics, policy, and people can and do shape antitrust law and enforcement. The presentation will address three broad topics:

1. How and why EU antitrust law differs from US antitrust law.
2. How and why the 'consumer welfare standard' has been questioned.
3. Whether antitrust enforcement should be flexed to secure industrial policy objectives.

In particular, the presentation will discuss how policy objectives influence case design and selection, how antitrust enforcement changes over time, and how individuals and geopolitics are shaping the law and its application. The presenters will draw on over 30 years of experience to discuss these, and other, matters' impact on the evolution of antitrust law and policy.  

The Competition Law Working Group is a forum where EUI members, external researchers, and practitioners working on antitrust law and economics discuss their work and interact with other scholars. All interested fellows, PhD researchers, professors and visiting academics are invited to participate.