Matteo Foschi

Director

Dr. Matteo Foschi is a principal 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
    On October 13, 2023, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it would clear Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard – subject to...
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  • 02
    Administrative Council for Economic Defense unconditionally cleared Microsoft’s acquisition of XandR
    On 2 March 2022, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense unconditionally cleared Microsoft’s $1bn acquisition of XandR (an online platform for the...
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  • 03
    European Commission unconditionally clears Microsoft’s acquisition of Nuance
    ** Update March 2, 2022 On 02 March 2022 the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it would clear Microsoft’s acquisition of Nuance without...
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