The Freshfields Podcast

As international competition and antitrust laws continue to evolve, companies are concerned with ensuring that their sustainability collaborations do not fall foul of the law. With regulators globally continuing to set out their differing, and sometimes divergent, positions, it has never been more critical for multinational business to stay abreast of the latest developments. Covering the European...

At this year’s Spring Meeting hosted by the American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section in Washington, DC, antitrust and competition enforcers from the EU, UK, and US came together to share the latest in global antitrust enforcement and competition policy, as well as competition agencies’ collaboration, coordination, and goals for the coming year. From digital markets and labor issues, to susta...

In this episode of our MedTech podcast series, Freshfields Partner Vinita Kailasanath and Jhaymee Tynan, Principal, Healthcare Services at Korn Ferry, and author of Inclusive Sponsorship: A Bold Vision to Advance Women of Color in the Workplace, discuss MedTech trends they are tracking, inclusivity in MedTech, and approaches that MedTech companies can take to bridge health disparities.

In this first episode of our new EUnpacked podcast series that will look to dive into key hot topics being tackled in Brussels, podcast host Natalie Pettinger Kearney is joined by Léa Bareil (Brussels) and Marlen Vesper-Gräske (Hamburg) to talk about how the EU’s sustainability agenda continues to evolve and how the new proposed due diligence rules are crucial for business.

In this episode of our Essential Antitrust Asia, Freshfields’ senior associate Laurent Bougard speaks to Ninette Dodoo , a partner of the firm’s Beijing office and head of the China antitrust team, as well as Hazel Yin , an antitrust partner of RuiMin Law Firm in China. Topics discussed by our speakers include: Latest development in China’s antitrust regime and enforcement trends; China’s national...

The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, has delivered the Spring Budget 2023. Following the instability experienced in the UK in recent months, it was a relief to many to see the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) confirm that ‘the economic and fiscal outlook in the UK has brightened somewhat’ since the Autumn Statement 2022 was delivered last November.  That is not to say, though, th...

The EU has a brand new tool to police subsidies from non-EU governments. It gives the European Commission power to review M&A deals and public procurement bids, as well as initiate investigations. Companies potentially affected need already now to set up internal information gathering, and to factor the new rules into deal feasibility assessments and timelines.    In this episode, podcast host Jen...

In 2023 antitrust enforcement will continue to respond to calls for it to do more to address a range of global crises and social concerns. Authorities are being given enhanced powers and new tools, and are tackling novel kinds of cases, which is significantly increasing unpredictability. In this first episode of 2023, podcast host Jenn Mellott is joined by partners  Jamillia Ferris  (Washington, D...

In this episode of our MedTech podcast series, Freshfields Partner Vinita Kailasanath and Stacy Hostetler, Co-Leader of Egon Zehnder’s Medical Technology Practice discuss the convergence between tech and life sciences, diversity in the industry ecosystem and whether you should have a sponsor or a mentor.

Over the past several years, cartel enforcement actions appear to have been on the decline. Despite this, antitrust enforcers have made clear that they have no intention to ease up enforcement efforts and, in fact, have indicated a renewed commitment to aggressive enforcement – as illustrated by a recent spike in dawn raids, including of private homes, in Europe and several initiatives by the Bide...