Portrait of Lirio Barros

Lirio Barros : Consultant

Lirio is a Consultant in Oxera’s Competition team with a focus on the digital sector. He has experience in competition litigation (including collective actions), merger reviews, market investigations and public policy assessments. His experience includes advising a wide range of clients, from regulators to online platforms, in Brussels, the UK, the Netherlands and other jurisdictions.

Prior to joining Oxera, he completed a Master’s degree in Economics at the University of Amsterdam, focusing on industrial organisation and competition policy.

Lirio speaks English, and Dutch.

Tel: +32 (0) 2 895 90 82

Lirio's specialisms include:

Selected
professional experience

  • Assisting an international card scheme in litigation relating to interchange fee regulation in a country in Latin America (2022)

  • Assessing the impact of proposed excise duties in various European countries (2022)

  • Assisting Google regarding its defence against damages claims filed in the UK relating to Google Shopping (2021–)

  • Advising Google regarding its defence against a collective action damages claim filed in the UK relating to the Google Play Store (2021–)

  • Assessing the competitive impact of a merger between groups of veterinary practices in the UK in the context of a merger review by the CMA (2021–22)

  • Advising a UK network of ports in a damages claim filed in the context of alleged abuse of a dominant position (2021)

Selected
publications

  • Jevons, D., Barros, L. and Shah, K. (2022), ‘Mass claims: how to value data’, Mass Claims, 22:1, July, pp. 19–25.

  • Barros, L., Blankertz, A., Descamps, A. and Mariotto, C. (2022), ‘Privacy: a competition economics perspective’, Competition Law Journal, 21:1, April, pp. 40–50.

  • Barros, L. and Klein, T. (2021), ‘De rol van interventiedrempels en effectenanalyse in de Digital Markets Act’, Markt & Mededinging, 4–5, October, pp. 171–177.

Qualifications

  • MSc Economics, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

  • BSc Economics and Business, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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