On Thursday, December 18 at 9:30 a.m. ET / 15:30 CET, The Capitol Forum will host Dr. Jorge Padilla, Chair of Compass Lexecon International, for a wide-ranging discussion with Europe Executive Editor Javier Espinoza on how global political dynamics are shaping the future of competition policy and merger control.
As the European Union and United States navigate shifting alliances, national security concerns, and rapid advances in artificial intelligence, competition authorities are under growing pressure to evolve. This call will explore how those pressures are playing out in both jurisdictions—from telecom mergers and foreign investment scrutiny to the challenges AI poses to traditional antitrust tools.
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Speaker Bios:
Dr. Jorge Padilla
Dr. Jorge Padilla is Chair of Compass Lexecon International and one of Europe’s foremost authorities on competition economics. A D.Phil. graduate from Oxford University, Dr. Padilla has advised on high-profile merger, abuse of dominance, and cartel cases across Europe, North and South America, Asia, and beyond. He has authored dozens of academic papers on antitrust, intellectual property, and industrial organization, and co-authored the leading text The Law and Economics of Article 102 TFEU. He is also affiliated with the Toulouse School of Economics and CEMFI and has provided testimony before the European Commission, national authorities, and courts worldwide.
Your Host Javier Espinoza
Javier Espinoza is the Europe Executive Editor at The Capitol Forum and a leading voice in Brussels on regulatory and competition policy. An award-winning journalist, he previously spent more than eight years at the Financial Times, where he served as Private Equity Correspondent in London and later as EU Correspondent covering antitrust and digital policy. He was a founding member of the FT’s flagship Due Diligence newsletter. Mr. Espinoza’s reporting has also appeared in the Wall Street Journal and The Daily Telegraph.
Dr. Jorge Padilla
Chair of Compass Lexecon International
Javier Espinoza
Executive Editor at The Capitol Forum
