ABA Antitrust Webinar Recap: What Comes Next? Competition across the UK, EU, and US
ABA Antitrust Law Section, 2025
In an article published by the ABA Antitrust Law Section, Analysis Group Manager Olga Kozlova and Associate Laurianne Despeghel coauthored a recap of an ABA webinar covering competition issues and developments in antitrust enforcement across the US and Europe. The webinar, which was hosted by the ABA Women.Connected Committee, was moderated by Analysis Group Vice President Jane Choi and featured panelists Angeline Woods (Uber), Gail F. Levine (Mayer Brown), and Katherine Kirrage (Osborne Clarke).
The article describes the panel discussion’s focus on developments in merger enforcement across the US, EU, and UK, highlighting panelists’ predictions that, apart from minor shifts, such as the greater amenability to divestiture remedies observed in the US, the new administrations in these jurisdictions will likely carry on the same general enforcement strategies as their predecessors. The conversation then turned to an analysis of emerging areas of focus for competition authorities, including digital markets and AI, where regulators are increasingly being called to act while the regulatory frameworks are still being defined. As the authors note, the panelists cautioned that “a fragmented global framework poses a serious challenge to international businesses, as even clearly defined compliance demands complex engineering and forces companies to sacrifice uniformity in their business models.” The article concludes by describing panelists’ recommendations that companies proactively plan for risk and maintain a consistent response to regulatory review across jurisdictions.
Authors
Despeghel L, Kozlova O, Lamorte R, Ruiz M