Carles Esteva Mosso is Director for Policy and Strategy at the Competition Directorate
General of the European Commission. In this position, he is in charge of the development of
policy, strategy and legislative instruments in the fields of antitrust, mergers and state aids.
His responsibilities also include the coordination of the European Competition Network and
the international dimension of competition policy.
Carles Esteva held previously a number of management positions in DG Competition. He was
Head of the Private Enforcement Unit, which was mainly in charge of developing initiatives
to facilitate the compensation of damages deriving from the infringement of competition law
rules. Before he had been Head of the Merger Control Unit in charge of the investigation and
assessment of mergers in telecoms, media and IT related industries and Head of Unit for
Merger Control Policy and Scrutiny.
Between 1999 and 2004, Carles Esteva was a Member of the Cabinet of the European
Commissioner for Competition Policy Mario Monti. In this capacity, he advised the
Commissioner on the enforcement of merger control, antitrust and cartel policy. He was also
the Cabinet Member in charge of the process of modernisation and reform of antitrust and
merger rules.
Since 1994 and before joining Mario Monti’s cabinet, he had worked in several areas within
DG Competition, including the Merger Task Force and the antitrust unit in charge of the
financial sector. Prior to joining the European Commission, Carles Esteva worked in legal
private practice. He is a member of the Barcelona’s Bar.
Carles Esteva holds a Masters degree in European Law from the Institut d’Etudes
Européennes, Université Libre de Bruxelles ; he also graduated in Law and in Economics by
the Universitat de Barcelona and in Political Science (International relations) by the
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. He is a guest professor on competition law at the
Barcelona Graduate School of Economics. He has published several articles (the most recent
being "Non-horizontal mergers: a European perspective"; Fordham International Law Journal,
May 2008) and he regularly participates in major conferences on competition law and policy.