Seok-Ho Kim, director general of the cartel investigation bureau at Korea’s Fair Trade Commission, explains how the commission is helping businesses at home and abroad avoid being caught up in international cartels

David Meyer, Jeff Jaeckel and Jeny Maier of Morrison & Foerster LLP look at what we should expect in the coming year

As formal consultations on the OFT/CC merger draw nearer, every element of the existing UK competition law regime is up for debate. Rachel Bull and Faaez Samadi talk to leading figures in London’s legal community to discuss the impending changes

The UK’s competition regime is facing its biggest ever shake-up, as the government consults on whether to merge the Office of Fair Trading and the Competition Commission to form a single enforcement body. Rachel Bull met OFT head John Fingleton to find out what stage the talks are at

As the UK’s Office of Fair Trading and the Competition Commission prepare to merge, Faaez Samadi speaks to Commission Chairman Peter Freeman about the implications for UK competition enforcement

As contentious work shows no sign of abating across all areas of UK antitrust law, competition practices are devoting time and energy to developing their litigation capabilities. Rachel Bull visits London’s leading firms

In the two years since GCR last carried out this survey, it’s fair to say the demand for competition-focused barristers in the UK has increased considerably. Faaez Samadi meets some of the leading barristers supplying this demand

Title: Senior vice president and deputy general counsel
Company: Verizon Communications
Age: 54
Previous employment: Verizon/Bell Atlantic Corp,  Columbia Law School, Georgetown University Law Center

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