In March, France’s Competition Authority officially made the transition from two organisations to one – absorbing merger control, which was originally undertaken by the Ministry of the Economy. Three months later, Rosalind Donald met the authority’s chief of staff Fabien Zivy at the International Competition Network’s annual conference in Zurich to talk about the reform and the new challenges the authority faces

Sean Heather, executive director of global regulatory cooperation at the US Chamber of Commerce, explains the need for global convergence on due process standards in competition cases.

Thanks to the efforts of the European Commission, the Brussels competition bar is among the busiest in the world. Emily Gray met the firms that are handling the work

As Neelie Kroes approaches the end of her term as European competition commissioner, Emily Gray travelled to Brussels to discover how the competition bar assesses her performance

As Ireland struggles with the worst recession since the Second World War, the country’s Competition Authority finds itself under pressure from both the public and private sectors. Ron Knox examines how the authority has handled the adversity, and what the future might hold

Over the past two years, the Irish economy has transformed from the “Celtic Tiger” of the early 2000s into a poster child for the economic crisis. While they once feasted on a bounty of merger cases, the country’s major competition practices now subsist on a mix of state aid and regulatory work. Ron Knox explains

William Prasifka has led Ireland’s Competition Authority during one of the worst economic downturns of the past century. Ron Knox spoke to him about the authority’s successes and struggles over the past few years

Ann Marie Galvin, 3M Europe