Matteo Foschi

Vice President

Dr. Matteo Foschi is a vice president in Charles River Associates’ European Competition Practice. He specialises in the competition assessment of cases involving multi-sided platforms, technology, and innovative sectors including Artificial Intelligence, content streaming, gaming, digital advertising, online retailing, OTAs, healthcare, and others.

Dr. Foschi is an expert in global merger review and has advised multiple companies in front of the European Commission, the UK CMA, the Australian ACCC, CADE, the Korean FTC, SAMR, as well as a list of other agencies worldwide. In his merger related work, Dr. Foschi held leading roles in high profile cases including Microsoft/Activision, Amazon/Deliveroo, Microsoft/ZeniMax, Taboola/Outbrain, Sabre/Farelogix, and others.

He has also extensive experience in antitrust work including working for Microsoft, Sabre, and other major technology companies worldwide.

Prior to joining CRA, he held a Max Weber Postdoctoral fellowship at the European University Institute as well a Royal Economic Society fellowship. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Leicester.

Selected engagements

  • 01
    CRA Competition team advises on Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard across jurisdictions worldwide
    CRA Competition supported Microsoft’s historic $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, providing expertise across all jurisdictions
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  • 02
    CMA closes its merger inquiry into the Microsoft/OpenAI partnership
    The CMA investigated whether the terms of the partnership led to Microsoft exerting de facto control over OpenAI and whether the benefits brought by the...
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  • 03
    CMA clears acquisition of Teads by Outbrain
    On 31 January 2025, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced the unconditional clearance of Outbrain’s acquisition of Teads.
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