Antitrust Review

Episodes

• In Conversation With Andreas Mundt 11.06.2026 57m

  In the latest episode of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Andreas Mundt, President of the German Federal Cartel Office. Their conversation covers a wide array of topics, including the objectives of competition law, the Draghi Report, merger control, antitrust enforcement, digital regulation, international cooperation, and much more.
• The EC’s Draft Merger Guidelines 14.05.2026 1h 17m

  In the latest episode of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by a panel of experts to discuss the EC’s draft Merger Guidelines. Sir Philip Lowe, Sir Jonathan Faull, Barbara Moens, Jorge Padilla, Ethel Fonseca, Kirsten Edwards-Warren, Enrique González-Díaz, Anita Magraner Oliver, and Chris Cook discuss a wide array of topics, including the importance of scale, industrial policy, dynamic competition, innovation, resilience, and efficiencies in assessing mergers.
• In Conversation With Sarah Cardell 06.05.2026 54m

  In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Sarah Cardell, Chief Executive of the Competition and Markets Authority. Their conversation covers a wide array of topics, including the objectives of competition law, the UK Government’s strategic steer, merger control, antitrust enforcement, consumer protection, digital regulation, and much more.
• In Conversation With Gail Slater 15.04.2026 1h 6m

  In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Gail Slater, former Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division. Their conversation covers a wide array of topics, including the objectives of antitrust law, the conservative case for vigorous antitrust enforcement, merger control, political lobbying, digital regulation, and much more.
• In Conversation With Bjarne Tellmann 01.04.2026 54m

  In the latest episode of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Bjarne Tellmann, CEO of FjordStream Advisors and author of Law in the Era of AI: Clients, Firms, and the Future of the Legal Industry. Their conversation covers a wide array of topics, including innovation and digital transformation in the legal industry, how AI is set to reshape the provision of legal services, and the implications of AI for corporate counsel, law firms, and law schools.
• In Conversation with Mike Walker 18.03.2026 50m

  In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Mike Walker, the CMA’s former Chief Economist. Their conversation covers a wide array of topics, including Mike’s 30-year career, his decade at the CMA, the evolution of economics and economists in EU and UK antitrust enforcement, merger control, digital regulation, and China, and much more.
• Teresa Ribera’s First Year as EU Competition Commissioner 27.02.2026 51m

  In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by a panel of experts to discuss the first year of Teresa Ribera’s term as EU Competition Commissioner: Peter Guilford of Shearwater, Barbara Moens of the Financial Times, Lewis Crofts of MLex, and Javier Espinoza of Capitol Forum. Their conversation covers the Draghi Report, merger control, digital regulation, and much more.
• In Conversation with Anu Bradford 19.02.2026 47m

  In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Anu Bradford, Professor of Law and International Organization at Columbia Law School. Their conversation covers an array of topics, including the Biden Presidency’s legacy, antitrust enforcement and merger control under President Trump, the future of the EU, digital regulation, and much more.
• Antitrust Enforcement under President Trump 12.02.2026 44m

  In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by a panel of lawyers from Cleary Gottlieb’s U.S. competition practice, including former officials of the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice, to discuss the first year of President Trump’s second Administration. Together, they discuss the legacy of the Biden Presidency, explain U.S. antitrust enforcement, merger control, and digital regulation over the past year, and predict the likely direction of future enforcement.
• Highlights of 2025 & Predictions for 2026 04.02.2026 1h 39m

  In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by a panel of lawyers from Cleary Gottlieb’s global competition practice to review the major developments of 2025 and look forward to 2026. Their conversation covers merger control, antitrust enforcement, and digital regulation in the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and China.
• In Conversation with Rory Stewart 15.01.2026 40m

  In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Rory Stewart, one of the UK’s leading political commentators. Their conversation covers a wide array of topics, including the state of the world, the UK, US, EU, and China, and much more.
• In Conversation with Oliver Bethell 17.12.2025 50m

  In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Oliver Bethell, who leads Google’s Competition, Regulatory Engagement, and Advisory Team.  Their conversation covers a wide array of topics, including antitrust enforcement against Big Tech, digital regulation, AI, merger control, and much more.
• In Conversation with Pierre Régibeau 04.12.2025 54m

  In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Pierre Régibeau, DG COMP’s former Chief Competition Economist. Their conversation covers a wide array of topics, including the role of economics in antitrust enforcement, the Draghi Report, merger control, industrial policy, digital regulation, and much more.
• The EC’s Review of the Merger Guidelines 26.11.2025 1h 5m

  In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by a panel of experts from Cleary Gottlieb’s EU competition practice to discuss the Commission’s review of the Merger Guidelines following the Draghi Report. Their conversation covers the array of topics raised by the review, including competitiveness and resilience, the assessment of market power, efficiencies, innovation, digitalization, public policy, security and the labour market, and sustainability.
• In Conversation With Mario Monti 19.11.2025 54m

  In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Mario Monti, former Competition Commissioner and Prime Minister of Italy. Their conversation covers a wide array of topics, including the EU’s future, the threat to liberal democracy, the objectives of antitrust enforcement, the Draghi Report, merger control, the politicization of antitrust, and much more.
• In Conversation with Joel Bamford 14.11.2025 41m

  In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Joel Bamford, Executive Director for Mergers at the Competition & Markets Authority.  Their conversation covers an array of topics, including the agency’s response to the UK Government’s strategic steer, the CMA’s merger review process, reforms to the CMA’s remedies policy, international cooperation, and much more.
• In Conversation with Hiroo Iwanari 29.10.2025 49m

  In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Hiroo Iwanari, Secretary-General of the Japanese Fair Trade Commission.  Their conversation covers an array of topics, including the objectives of Japanese antitrust enforcement, the role of industrial policy, merger control, cartel enforcement, sustainability, digital regulation, and much more.
• In Conversation With John Fingleton, Andrea Coscelli, and Marcus Bokkerink 14.10.2025 56m

  In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by John Fingleton, Andrea Coscelli and Marcus Bokkerink, three former heads of the UK competition agency. Their conversation covers an array of topics, including the future of UK antitrust enforcement, merger control, political independence, digital regulation, and much more.
• In Conversation with Teresa Ribera 02.10.2025 23m

  In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Teresa Ribera, the European Commission’s Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just, and Competitive Transition.  Their conversation, held in front of a live audience in New York at the Fordham Corporate Law Institute’s 52nd Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy, covers an array of topics, including the objectives of antitrust, sustainability, EU merger control, the Draghi Report, digital regulation, international cooperation, and much more.
• In Conversation with Guillaume Loriot 29.07.2025 55m

  In the latest instalment of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Guillaume Loriot, the EC’s Head of Mergers. Their conversation covers an array of topics, including EU merger control following Illumina/GRAIL, the consumer welfare standard, the Draghi Report, the role of innovation, the EC’s Merger Guidelines, international cooperation, and much more.