London partner Matthew Hall hosted the June 10 episode of the ABA’s Our Curious Amalgam podcast: “Still Going Strong at 20? A Conversation With the Architect of the EU Merger Regulation 2004.”
The EU’s merger control law–the Merger Regulation–was revised in 2004, and 2024 is therefore the 20th anniversary of the changes. What prompted those changes? Sir Philip Lowe, Director-General of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition from 2002-2010, joins Matthew Reynolds and Matthew Hall to discuss the background to the changes and what else in EU merger control changed at the time. Listen to this episode to learn more about the basis for the current EU regime and Sir Philip’s views on other topical merger control issues.
Our Curious Amalgam explores topics in antitrust, competition, consumer protection, data protection, and privacy law around the world with leading experts in those areas. It is an amalgam because it is a group of diverse topics all in one place. It is curious because it gets the experts and asks them in-depth questions.
This episode is also available on Apple Podcasts.