Episodes

Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Foreign Direct Investment - The European Union
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Concurrences has launched a special series dedicated to foreign direct investment, as part of the "Antitrust Code" Podcast. The podcast series aims to decode antitrust law and policy. Our guests discuss the latest news and topical issues in competition law and economics around the world.
In this new episode of the series, Damien Levie (Head of Unit - Technology and Security, FDI Screening) and Paul Johnson (Partner, Baker Mckenzie) are interviewed by Samantha Mobley (Partner, Baker McKenzie) on Foreign Investment Screening at the European Union level.
Find more information here: Frequently asked questions on Regulation (EU) 2019/452 establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union, 22 June 2021: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2019/june/tradoc_157945.pdf
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- Concurrences Webinar - The EU Foreign Subsidies Proposal, 8 July 2021
This podcast series has received unrestricted financial support from Baker MacKenzie. The opinions and judgments expressed by the speakers are entirely their own and do not necessarily reflect those of their institution/company.

Friday Jul 23, 2021
Friday Jul 23, 2021
In a decision published on July 13th, the French Competition Authority fined Google up to 500 million euros for not complying with the several injunctions issued in April 2020 with regards to the remuneration of related rights for press publishers and agencies.
In this new episode, Fayrouze Masmi-Dazi (Partner, Frieh Associés) explains the decision and discusses its impact. Will it trigger negotiations between Google and the press? Can Google block or appeal the injunction? And what decisions have been made in other countries?
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- Press release, Autorité de la Concurrence, 13 July 2021
This podcast series has received unrestricted financial support from Frieh Associés. The opinions and judgments expressed by the speakers are entirely their own and do not necessarily reflect those of their institution/company.

Friday Jul 23, 2021
Friday Jul 23, 2021
On June 7th, 2021, the French Competition Authority (Autorité de la concurrence) sanctioned Google for having abused its dominant position in the advertising server market. This is the first decision in the world to look at the complex algorithmic auctions processes.
In this episode, Fayrouze Masmi-Dazi (Partner, Frieh Associés) discusses the decision: What are the potential impacts of this decision globally? What are the commitments proposed by Google and accepted by the Autorité to address these issues? ”
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This podcast series has received unrestricted financial support from Frieh Associés. The opinions and judgments expressed by the speakers are entirely their own and do not necessarily reflect those of their institution/company.

Friday Jun 18, 2021
The value of data: Are we approaching data in the right way?
Friday Jun 18, 2021
Friday Jun 18, 2021
In this new episode, Cristina Alaimo (Assistant Professor at Luiss Guido Carli University) is interviewed by Jennifer Baker (EU Policy and Tech Reporter) on the value of data: Are we approaching data in the right way? How important is it to categorize data? How valuable is open data? Should data be considered as a resource in terms of mergers and acquisitions?
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This podcast series has received unrestricted financial support from Meta. The opinions and judgments expressed by the speakers are entirely their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Meta, Inc.

Friday Jun 11, 2021
Foreign Direct Investment - France
Friday Jun 11, 2021
Friday Jun 11, 2021
Concurrences has launched a special series dedicated to foreign direct investment, as part of the "Antitrust Code" Podcast. The podcast series aims to decode antitrust law and policy. Our guests discuss the latest news and topical issues in competition law and economics around the world.
In this new episode of the series, Marie-Anne Lavergne (Head of Unit - Foreign Direct Investment, DG Trésor) and Guillaume Nataf (Partner, Baker Mckenzie) are interviewed by Samantha Mobley (Partner, Baker McKenzie) on Foreign Investment Screening in France.
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This podcast series has received unrestricted financial support from Baker MacKenzie. The opinions and judgments expressed by the speakers are entirely their own and do not necessarily reflect those of their institution/company.

Friday Jun 11, 2021
Foreign Direct Investment - The United Kingdom
Friday Jun 11, 2021
Friday Jun 11, 2021
Concurrences has launched a special series dedicated to foreign direct investment, as part of the "Antitrust Code" Podcast. The podcast series aims to decode antitrust law and policy. Our guests discuss the latest news and topical issues in competition law and economics around the world.
In this episode, Samantha Mobley (Partner, Baker McKenzie) is interviewing Sarah Mackintosh (Deputy Director National Security
& Investment, BEIS) and Sunny Mann (Partner, Baker Mckenzie) on Foreign Investments Screening in The United Kingdom.
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- UK Parliament, National Security and Investment Act 2021, Act, 29 April 2021
This podcast series has received unrestricted financial support from Baker MacKenzie. The opinions and judgments expressed by the speakers are entirely their own and do not necessarily reflect those of their institution/company.

Thursday Jun 10, 2021
The DMA objectives, architecture & implications for value creation in the EU
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
In December 2020, the European Commission submitted its proposal for a Digital Markets Act. The DMA aims to ensure that these digital platforms are operating fairly in Europe, but: Are current antitrust laws sufficient to cope with the development velocity of these platforms? Is it still possible to ensure fair competition on digital markets when there is an unequal understanding of the law (such as GDPR)?…
In this new episode, Jennifer Baker (EU Policy and Tech Reporter) is interviewing Carmelo Cennamo (Professor at Copenhagen Business School) on the Digital Markets Act objectives, overarching architecture & its implications for value creation in the EU.
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This podcast series has received unrestricted financial support from Meta. The opinions and judgments expressed by the speakers are entirely their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Meta, Inc.

Thursday Jun 03, 2021
Can data accumulation lead to monopolization?
Thursday Jun 03, 2021
Thursday Jun 03, 2021
In this new episode, Jennifer Baker (EU Policy and Tech Reporter) is interviewing Gregor Langus (Director at E.CA) on the Can data accumulation lead to monopolization? What can be problematic? Is it possible for startups to compete against tech giants? What to expect in the next 20 years?...
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This podcast series has received unrestricted financial support from Meta. The opinions and judgments expressed by the speakers are entirely their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Meta, Inc.

Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Platform expansion and Innovation
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
The rise of new types of platforms considerably changed digital markets, revealing new ways to enable interactions, transactions, and data collection.
In this new episode, Jennifer Baker (EU Policy and Tech Reporter) is interviewing Julian Wright (Lim Chong Yah Professor of Economics, National University of Singapore) on the effects of regulation that might prevent natural platform expansions. What should we think of platforms leveraging their core capabilities to expand from their original core business? Is this an (antitrust) problem?
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This podcast series has received unrestricted financial support from Meta. The opinions and judgments expressed by the speakers are entirely their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Meta, Inc.

Tuesday May 18, 2021
Foreign Direct Investment - Germany
Tuesday May 18, 2021
Tuesday May 18, 2021
Concurrences is launching a special series dedicated to foreign direct investment, as part of the "Antitrust Code" Podcast. The podcast series aims to decode antitrust law and policy. Our guests discuss the latest news and topical issues in competition law and economics around the world.
In the first episode of this series, Samantha Mobley (Partner, Baker McKenzie) is interviewing Angelika Milger (Counsel - Division VB1, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy) and Anahita Thoms (Partner, Baker Mckenzie) on Foreign Investments Screening in Germany.
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If you want to read more about this topic, check the Concurrences website where you can find all relevant articles:
This podcast series has received unrestricted financial support from Baker MacKenzie. The opinions and judgments expressed by the speakers are entirely their own and do not necessarily reflect those of their institution/company.