GCR February 2012

Over the past 40 years, Michael Hausfeld has built one of the strongest plaintiffs’ antitrust practices in the US, securing hundreds of millions for those wronged by cartels and monopolies. Now, Hausfeld is attempting to lead the charge into Europe, where the prospects for US-style collective actions remain dim. Ron Knox examines his journey, and the path that lies ahead

Private antitrust litigation in Europe is growing and changing swiftly. We asked lawyers from some of the world’s top antitrust practices to give us their perspectives on two core issues. First, the direction of private EU antitrust litigation generally – in particular, how certain countries are emerging as the jurisdictions of choice for competition plaintiffs. And second, how national courts, and DG Comp itself, may react to the Pfleiderer and National Grid decisions

Turkey’s competition bar is becoming increasingly sophisticated, in tandem with the country’s competition law and authority. Faaez Samadi finds out which firms are leading the way

Nurettin Kaldırımcı, president of Turkey’s Competition Authority, has helped transform the agency over the past five years. Faaez Samadi met him in Ankara

With a progressive agenda and the backing of the competition bar, Turkey’s Competition Authority is going from strength to strength. But a new law threatens to undermine the authority’s impressive development. Faaez Samadi looks at the role politics could play in the future of the TCA

Although recent court decisions have diminished its power somewhat, the US plaintiffs’ bar remains the driver behind a sizeable number of the country’s antitrust cases. Ron Knox profiles the leading antitrust practices bringing cases on behalf of those wronged by anti-competitive acts

Title: Vice president and general counsel, Procter & Gamble – Global Legal Compliance and Global Go To Market
Previous employment: 19 years at P&G