Latest Features From Global Competition Review

New York’s finest

Global Competition Review — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:30:15 GMT

The Big Apple continues to hold its own as one of the country’s true centres for competition law. Ron Knox meets New York’s best and brightest

The holding pattern

Global Competition Review — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:27:02 GMT

Since Christine Varney stepped down from the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division last year, observers have speculated as to whether the Obama administration would choose a new nominee to take over the division full-time. But with a presidential election less than a year away, time is running out. Ron Knox examines the White House’s choice

Israel’s competition bar

Global Competition Review — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:15:15 GMT

An active authority, strict antitrust rules and increasing interest from foreign companies have ensured plenty of work for Israel’s competition bar. Faaez Samadi looks at the firms taking the lead

Centre stage

Global Competition Review — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:08:31 GMT

After a summer of public unrest, Israel’s Antitrust Authority has found itself in the spotlight. The authority is keen to play its part in restoring order to the economy, but are the measures being taken to increase its powers a step too far? Faaez Samadi looks at the issues

An interview with David Gilo

Global Competition Review — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:04:36 GMT

David Gilo became the leader of Israel’s Antitrust Authority in April. Since then, historic public protests over living costs have erupted across the country, and the authority has gained significant powers to stamp out anti-competitive behaviour. Faaez Samadi speaks to Gilo about an eventful first six months in charge.

European competition law snapshot: 2011 reviewed

Global Competition Review — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:37:48 GMT

Tony Reeves, partner at Clifford Chance LLP in Brussels, takes a look at DG Comp’s record in 2011, as part of GCR Live’s Law Leaders Europe conference

An interview with Isolde Goggin

Global Competition Review — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:30:01 GMT

Since GCR carried out its Ireland survey, published last month, Ireland’s government appointed a new head of the Competition Authority, Isolde Goggin. GCR talked to Goggin, the authority’s first female leader, about her first weeks in the new role

An interview with Ricardo Napolitani

Global Competition Review — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:00:54 GMT

Ricardo Napolitani has been in charge of Argentina’s National Commission for the Defence of Competition for three years. Faaez Samadi spoke to him at GCR Live’s Law Leaders Europe conference in Brussels about recent competition enforcement developments in Argentina

Corporate counsel interview: Johanne Peyre

Global Competition Review — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:00:37 GMT

Title: Head of Antitrust Europe
Company: Michelin, Paris

Rewiring the economy

Global Competition Review — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:31:17 GMT

Korea’s Fair Trade Commission wants to help reduce the country’s surge in prices, but will the change in tack risk jeopardising its reputation as a world-class enforcer? Rachel Bull finds out

Ireland's competition bar

Global Competition Review — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:36:21 GMT

As Ireland’s government attempts to revive the country’s struggling economy, the European Union and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) say that competition must play a key role in the recovery. As companies consolidate and the competition authority balances its duties to the economy with its enforcement responsibilities, Faaez Samadi takes a look at the firms keeping busy in Ireland’s financial turmoil

Eastern promises

Global Competition Review — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:30:26 GMT

In a bold step towards establishing a free trade region, all 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have committed to establishing national competition laws within the next four years. Faaez Samadi looks at the many challenges of uniting a varied and disparate group of countries in a rapidly developing part of the world