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Antonio Bavasso Quoted in CEPA on Post-Brexit U.K. Antitrust Environment
10.05.23
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Antitrust Partner Antonio Bavasso was quoted in a CEPA article titled, “Stuck in the Middle: Post-Brexit UK Tech Antitrust,” which detailed the current antitrust environment in the U.K. When discussing the Competition and Markets Authority’s recently introduced Competition and Consumers Bill, which would allow the new Digital Markets Unit to identify and impose obligations of big tech companies ex-ante before they cause consumer or competitive harm, Antonio noted that it differs from the EU’s Digital Markets Act because the U.K.’s is more “flexible with how they impose obligations” on tech companies, which allows it to adapt to threats as they arise. He further explained that the U.K. can continue to play a role in competition policy, suggesting that “From a regulatory perspective, the U.K. can and should continue to perform a role of intellectual leadership.”
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