Distinguished Antitrust Writing Awards Select Five Latham Articles for Shortlist

Leading European antitrust publication Concurrences has shortlisted five articles authored by Latham lawyers for its prestigious 2026 Antitrust Writing Awards. The contest annually honors writing that demonstrates “reward writing, scholarship, originality, practical relevance, and the contribution they make to competition advocacy.” Concurrences editors chose the shortlisted pieces after reviewing more than 1,500 articles across the academic, business, and soft law categories.

Latham‑authored articles include:

• Business Articles — Mergers: Review of the EU Merger Guidelines — The First Step, by Brussels partners Héctor Armengod, Anthemis Economou, and Christos Malamataris, and Brussels counsel Werner Berg and France‑Hélène Boret.
• Business Articles — Procedure: European Commission Consults on Draft Foreign Subsidies Regulation Guidelines, by Brussels partners Carles Esteva Mosso and Anthemis Economou, and Brussels associates Konstantinos Beikos Paschalis, Zhijin Liu, and Daniel Muheme.
• Business Articles — Unilateral Conduct: Is the “exclusionary effects” filter set out under the Draft Guidelines on Article 102 TFEU an empty one?, by Brussels partner Alfonso Lamadrid.
• Academic Articles — General Antitrust: The Consumer Welfare Standard: Domestic Development, International Convergence, and the Rumors of Its Demise, by Washington, D.C. counsel Keith Klovers.
• Academic Articles — Mergers: What a New Approach to Innovation in EU Merger Control Could (or Should) Look Like — Some Crystal Ball Gazing, by Düsseldorf and Brussels partner Tilman Kuhn and Düsseldorf associate David Marder.

Public voting is open through March 3, 2026, and winners will be announced at the Antitrust Writing Awards ceremony on March 24, 2026, in Washington, D.C.