Why Competition?: Voices from the Antitrust Community and Beyond

As we celebrate 20 years of promoting dialogue and scholarship in competition law and antitrust economics, Concurrences is proud to present Why Competition? Voices from the Antitrust Community and Beyond. This anniversary book reflects on two decades of contributions to the global conversation on antitrust issues, marked by the publication of insightful essays and analyses from leading experts. In a compelling collection titled Why Competition, over 100 leading figures from various fields offer their insights on the vital question: Why competition? Prominent contributors include Eleanor Fox (NYU) , Paulo Burnier Da Silveira (OECD), Mahmoud Momtaz (Egyptian Competition Authority), Andreas Mundt (German Competition Authority), Gina Cass-Gottlieb (Australian Competition Authority), Peter Freeman (UK Competition Appeal Tribunal), Reiko Aoki (Japan Fair Trade Commission), Olivier Guersent (European Commission), and Andrea Marván Saltiel (Mexican Competition Authority), and many more. Their perspectives explore the profound role competition plays in shaping global economies and advancing societal progress, offering fresh and original viewpoints that reflect the diversity of their experiences and expertise.

Randy Tritell had been until June 30, 2022, the Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of International Affairs, where he was responsible for coordinating the FTC’s international antitrust and consumer protection policies and the FTC’s involvement in cases that raise international issues. He represented the FTC in multilateral fora including the International Competition Network, in which he serves on the Steering Group, and the OECD Competition Committee. Mr. Tritell was responsible for the FTC’s negotiation and implementation of bilateral international cooperation agreements and the competition and consumer protection provisions of US free trade agreements. Prior to joining the Federal Trade Commission in 1998, Mr. Tritell was a partner with Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, practicing in the firm’s New York office and opening the firm’s Brussels office in 1992. Mr. Tritell began his career at the Federal Trade Commission, where he served in several positions including Assistant to Bureau of Consumer Protection Director Timothy Muris, Attorney Advisor to Commissioner Terry Calvani, and Executive Assistant to the Chairman. Mr. Tritell obtained his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was an Editor of the Law Review, and his Bachelor of Arts degree from the Stony Brook University. Mr. Tritell is active in the American Bar Association’s Section of Antitrust Law, in which he co-chairs the International Task Force and serves on the advisory board of the Journal of Antitrust Enforcement and of the Fordham Corporate Law Institute. He is a frequent lecturer and author on international antitrust issues. He is co-editor of Concurrences 20th Anniversary book, Why Competition? Voices from the Antitrust Community and Beyond.

Daniel Crane is the Frederick Paul Furth Sr. Professor of Law. He served as the associate dean for faculty and research from 2013 to 2016. He teaches Contracts, Antitrust, Antitrust and Intellectual Property, and Legislation and Regulation. He previously was a professor of law at Yeshiva University’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and a visiting professor at New York University School of Law and the University of Chicago Law School. In spring 2009, he taught antitrust law on a Fulbright Scholarship at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Lisbon. His work has appeared in the University of Chicago Law Review, the California Law Review, the Michigan Law Review, the Georgetown Law Journal, and the Cornell Law Review, among other journals. He is the author of several books on antitrust law, including Antitrust (Aspen, 2014), The Making of Competition Policy: Legal and Economic Sources (Oxford University Press, 2013), and The Institutional Structure of Antitrust Enforcement (Oxford University Press, 2011). He is the editor of "Rulemaking Authority of the US Federal Trade Commission" and co-editor of Concurrences 20th Anniversary book, Why Competition? Voices from the Antitrust Community and Beyond.

Damien Gerard joined the Belgian Competition Authority as Prosecutor General on the 1st of December 2021. Beforehand, he worked as an official in the Directorate-general for Competition of the European Commission (DG COMP) and practiced EU and Belgian competition law for more than ten years in the Brussels office of an international law firm. Damien Gerard teaches EU Competition Law at UCLouvain, where he was also a researcher at the Center for International and European Law (CeDIE) for a number of years, as well as at the College of Europe, where he was the director of the Global Competition Law Center (GCLC) from 2014 to 2019. An honorary member of the Brussels Bar and member of the New York Bar, Damien Gerard is a graduate of UCLouvain (J.D., 2000 and Ph.D, 2014), of New York University School of Law (LL.M, 2003) and of the College of Europe (M.A., 2001). He also attended Harvard Law School as Fulbright-Schuman Visiting Research Scholar (IGLP, 2010) and the European University Institute as Max Weber Fellow (EUI, 2015). Damien Gerard clerked for Judge Koen Lenaerts of the European Court of Justice in 2003-2004. He is co-editor of Concurrences 20th Anniversary book, Why Competition? Voices from the Antitrust Community and Beyond.