On 9 February, Joaquín Almunia replaced Neelie Kroes as EU competition commissioner. As he begins the first weeks of his tenure, Emily Gray measures expectations for the new antitrust enforcer.

At the round table session of GCR’s Dominance and Unilateral Conduct 2010 conference, six speakers from enforcement agencies and private practice presented their views on dominance

Manuel Sebastião is 18 months into his first term as head of Portugal’s Competition Authority. Emily Gray asked him about the authority’s enforcement priorities, proposed amendments to the national competition law and how he plans to raise the profile of competition in Portugal.

Manuel Sebastião, head of Portugal’s competition authority, has been working furiously to clear a backlog of cases inherited from his predecessor. Meanwhile, politicians are drafting amendments to the competition law to combat problems with existing legislation. Emily Gray travelled to Lisbon to find out why Portuguese competition enforcement may be turning a corner.

As Portugal tackles the effects of the recession, the country’s antitrust lawyers are battling it out to take on the best competition cases. Emily Gray travelled to Lisbon to meet the firms at the top.

Is Jonas Rasimas the man who can reform Lithuania’s Competition Council? Rachel Bull finds out

Jonas Rasimas became the new chairman of Lithuania’s Competition Council at the beginning of 2010. Rachel Bull met him in Vilnius to discuss the challenges that lie ahead

Competition specialists in Lithuania may be scarce, but a select group of lawyers has been working slowly and steadily for years to develop the country’s competition regime. Rachel Bull travelled to Vilnius to find out more

Title: General counsel and corporate secretary
Age: 46
Company: Hilti Corporation, Schaan, Liechtenstein
Previous employment: Secretary of the board and corporate counsel, Holcim

Review by Katherine Holmes, consultant, Reed Smith LLP