In the first of a three-part series, we dive into the EU’s proposed Digital Markets Act (DMA). This episode explores the DMA’s background, why the EU finds this new regulation necessary, which platforms could be designated as ‘gatekeepers’ subject to the DMA, and how that designation would happen.

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Meet the hosts:

  • Kay Jebelli, Counsel to the Computer & Communications Industry Association – Twitter (@KayJebelli), LinkedIn, SSRN
  • Friso Bostoen, Academic at KU Leuven & Research Foundation Flanders – Twitter (@BostoenFriso), LinkedIn, SSRN
Kay Jebelli

Kay Jebelli advises on competition law and regulatory policy impacting the computer and communication technology industries.

His advice is based on over a decade of competition law experience, as external counsel, at the European Commission, in-house and in academia. He’s navigated and negotiated…

Kay Jebelli advises on competition law and regulatory policy impacting the computer and communication technology industries.

His advice is based on over a decade of competition law experience, as external counsel, at the European Commission, in-house and in academia. He’s navigated and negotiated interactions with public and private entities and enforcers, leading diverse teams of varying sizes to the resolution of critical and complex matters in technology, media, electronics, engineering and industrial sectors.

Kay has also advised on consumer protection, data protection and other regulatory and compliance matters, and has a history of teaching, training, organising, and creating and managing platforms and networks for effective communication and knowledge sharing. Before starting his career in law and advocacy, he worked as a computer engineer in Silicon Valley.

Kay has been quoted in Reuters, Bloomberg, AFP, Wall Street Journal, Axios, La Libre, MLex and PaRR, and published in Concurrences, Competition Policy International, Competition Law Insight, European Competition Law Review, International Trade Law and Regulation, and SSRN. He can be contacted via his website, www.evalusion.com