Tag: competition law
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Remember Section 19a GWB?
Five Years On: Big Hopes, Modest Results When the Bundeskartellamt was handed the world’s first bespoke competition toolkit against the largest digital platforms in January 2021, it was billed as a genuine breakthrough. Section 19a of the Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB) allows the authority to designate a company as being “of paramount significance…
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Interview with Joost Rietveld, UCL School of Management
Partners Damien Geradin and Stijn Huijts had the pleasure of sitting down with Joost Rietveld, an Associate Professor of Strategic Management at the UCL School of Management, University College London, to discuss his fascinating insights into platform competition and strategy. Joost has been a major contributor to the public debate in this area in the…
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Interview with Martijn Snoep, Head of the Dutch competition authority
Partners Ruben Elkerbout and Stijn Huijts had the pleasure of catching up with Martijn Snoep, the head of the Dutch Competition Authority (ACM) recently. Mr Snoep moved to the ACM from law firm De Brauw in 2018. He has been at the forefront of many internationally renowned initiatives at the ACM, including an investigation into…