Dr. Ariel Ezrachi

Biography

Ariel Ezrachi is the Slaughter Professor of Competition Law and a Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford. He serves as the Director of the University of Oxford Centre for Competition Law and Policy. Prof. Ezrachi is co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Antitrust Enforcement and has authored and edited numerous works on competition and antitrust law. His notable publications include 'Big Tech Barons Smash Innovation Strike Back' (2022, HarperCollins), 'Competition Overdose' (2020, HarperCollins), and 'Virtual Competition - Promise and Perils of the Algorithm Driven Economy' (2016, Harvard). He focuses his research on the digital economy, exploring topics such as e-commerce, parity clauses, marketplace bans, and buyer power limits in competition law. His papers have won accolades, particularly on subjects like sustainable algorithmic collusion. Prof. Ezrachi has contributed to several significant reports and consultations, including a BEUC paper on EU competition law and the digital economy and an Independent Expert Report for the EU Commission on digitalization's impact on innovation. He plays an active role in policy discussions with leading international competition agencies and also serves as a member of the German Federal Government's Committee of Experts on Competition and Artificial Intelligence.

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