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oandriychuk.bsky.social @oandriychuk.bsky.social · 1d

Our traditional annual conversation with three leading voices in EU journalism on digital competition policy: Samuel Stolton, Lewis Crofts and Javier Espinoza. Really honest, easygoing, and insightful answers, occasionally provocative, addressing Europe’s digital markets.
▶️ lnkd.in/eCQTYCQc

oandriychuk.bsky.social @oandriychuk.bsky.social · 5d

A couple of really remarkable messages by Stavros Makris made in his latest interview for the Digital markets research hub on the relationship between EU Competition Law (& the DMA with Legal Theory.
📺Full conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk6Z...

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oandriychuk.bsky.social @oandriychuk.bsky.social · 9d

It is always a pleasure to discuss legal-theoretical aspects of competition law, and this time also record an in-depth conversation with one of the leading thinkers bridging competition law and jurisprudence, Stavros Makris from UCL Faculty of Laws
Full conversation 📽️ youtu.be/Vk6Zr51aIWQ

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oandriychuk.bsky.social @oandriychuk.bsky.social · 20d

This short video presents key theses on the systemic shortcomings of antitrust private damages actions in Europe and on the ways to repair these issues, convincingly identified and explained by Miguel Sousa Ferro in his latest interview

🔗Full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLAw...

oandriychuk.bsky.social @oandriychuk.bsky.social · 23d

New interview with Prof. Miguel Sousa Ferro (School of Law, University of Lisbon) on private enforcement of competition law.
🎬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLAw...
Next conversation: Dr Stavros Makris on legal theoretical aspects of competition law

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oandriychuk.bsky.social @oandriychuk.bsky.social · Sep 5

One of the first DMA cases concerns Meta non-compliance with its obligations. We had a fruitful discussion about this case with three leading academics adhering to rather different normative positions.
Video-summary of key messages
Full conversation 🔌 www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf-b...

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oandriychuk.bsky.social @oandriychuk.bsky.social · Sep 2

The significance of the first DMA decisions cannot be overstated. They play a pivotal role in framing the legal parameters of the emerging sui generis system. It was a great opportunity to bring together a panel (🔍 video: lnkd.in/eS4i_8cX) examining this case.

oandriychuk.bsky.social @oandriychuk.bsky.social · Aug 29

A short video-summary highlighting the key ideas on the development of EU Competition Law, presented by Ian Forrester earlier this week.

🔎 Full interview → www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI0C...

oandriychuk.bsky.social @oandriychuk.bsky.social · Aug 26

I am very glad to share a new interview 🎬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI0C... with Ian Forrester KC a person who needs no introduction in the narrow antitrust and, more broadly, EU law circles; a former judge of the General Court (CJEU) and one of the leading practitioners in the field.

oandriychuk.bsky.social @oandriychuk.bsky.social · Aug 16

2-min summary of an interview with Jorge Padilla, Chair of International practice, Compass Lexecon International

Full conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FndR...

oandriychuk.bsky.social @oandriychuk.bsky.social · Aug 13

New interview ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=FndR... with Jorge Padilla. We had an engaging, and sincere exchange. It was one of those conversations where, despite disagreeing on various normative matters, we found ourselves in full agreement on most of the positive aspects of the discussion

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oandriychuk.bsky.social @oandriychuk.bsky.social · Aug 8

Summary of a conversation with Wolfgang Oels the COO of Ecosia, Europe's largest horizontal search service provider.
Full conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Q3...

oandriychuk.bsky.social @oandriychuk.bsky.social · Aug 5

New Interview with Wolfgang Oels, COO of a European search provider Ecosia on how to stimulate competition in online search.
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Q3...

oandriychuk.bsky.social @oandriychuk.bsky.social · Jul 31

It was a great pleasure to record a conversation with three Presidents of ASCOLA. The full conversation was published earlier this week (available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CRu...).
This video offers a 10-minute summary of the key points made by Profs. Podszun, Gal and Drexl.

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oandriychuk.bsky.social @oandriychuk.bsky.social · Jul 29

In June 2025 ASCOLA held its 20th annual conference.
To understand better the inner nature of the ASCOLA, the periods of its evolution & current plans I've invited three Presidents of the ASCOLA to share their views

📽️ NEW video www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CRu...

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oandriychuk.bsky.social @oandriychuk.bsky.social · Jul 25

On Tuesday our hub has published a conversation with Martijn Snoep, the Chairman of The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (available in full here: youtube.com/watch?v=xRSy...)
This video is a a blurb, summarising some of the key messages.

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oandriychuk.bsky.social @oandriychuk.bsky.social · Jul 22

In this ▶️ lnkd.in/eAapztfB new conversation the Chairman of the Dutch competition authority Martijn Snoep offers a deep, sincere and original exposition on how the relationship between competition and industrial policies should be shaped.

oandriychuk.bsky.social @oandriychuk.bsky.social · Jul 18

It was a great pleasure to record an interview with the Deputy Director-General for Mergers Guillaume Loriot. So many things become clear after Guillaume's explanation.
This blurbs is a summary of the DDG's points.

📽️ Full conversation is available here youtu.be/ipW7V83uRJk?...

oandriychuk.bsky.social @oandriychuk.bsky.social · Jul 18

It is with great pleasure that I share the news that, following a very competitive process, Dr. Anush Ganesh is joining our SCiDA (Shaping Competition in the Digital Age scidaproject.com) research team as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Anush will be based at Exeter Law School.

oandriychuk.bsky.social @oandriychuk.bsky.social · Jul 15

New interview📽️ lnkd.in/eyYEcxhg with Guillaume Loriot, Deputy Director-General for Mergers in the Directorate-General for Competition, DG COMP

📽️Full conversation www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipW7...

Next week – Martijn Snoep, the Chairman of the Dutch competition authority.

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oandriychuk.bsky.social @oandriychuk.bsky.social · Jul 11

In a conversation with Gordon Christian (Siemens Energy) published earlier this week he reflected upon many pressing issues faced by European industries in competition for global markets.
This blurb highlights some

▶️ Full conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeW8...

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oandriychuk.bsky.social @oandriychuk.bsky.social · Jul 8

In this new interview 📽️ youtu.be/WeW8TbL9LIg?... Gordon Christian a Principal Counsel Competition at Siemens Energy offers an impressive perspective on how EU competition policy should be pursued in a way that aligns with the EU’s broader strategic industrial interests.

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oandriychuk.bsky.social @oandriychuk.bsky.social · Jul 4

On Tuesday I’ve published a detailed interview with Damien Geradin, where he had reflected upon a host of pivotal issues on the effective functioning of competition in digital markets.
This blurb highlights some of them

Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w_W...

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oandriychuk.bsky.social @oandriychuk.bsky.social · Jul 1

Pleasure to speak with Damien Geradin. He is one of those figures in competition law who combines a deep theoretical understanding of the discipline’s conceptual foundations with a strong practical influence on its real-world development.
🎥 NEW www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w_W...

oandriychuk.bsky.social @oandriychuk.bsky.social · Jun 27

One of the main differences between the EU and India is that the latter nurtures domestic alternatives to the global BigTech. This may soon lead to a situation where there will be meaningful competition between global and local gatekeepers.
Full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bV1...