President Joe Biden has chosen legal professional and frequent critic of Google guardian firm Alphabet to steer the United States Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, the White House announced Tuesday. If authorised, Kanter would be a part of the Biden administration’s strong authorized group that’s poised to fight Silicon Valley’s huge market energy.

As head of the DOJ Antitrust Division, Kanter would oversee division antitrust lawsuits and have the facility to assist block mergers deemed anticompetitive. This would come with a case the DOJ introduced towards Google in October over its domination within the digital advert market, in addition to a probe into Apple’s App Store insurance policies.

While Congress stays bitterly partisan, Kanter’s nomination is reportedly seen as a smart transfer, as he’s thought of a favorite amongst each progressives and a few conservatives who consider tech giants have amassed an excessive amount of energy.

“Jonathan Kanter is a distinguished antitrust lawyer with over 20 years of experience,” the White House mentioned in a press launch. “Throughout his career, Kanter has also been a leading advocate and expert in the effort to promote strong and meaningful antitrust enforcement and competition policy.”

Kanter didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

Kanter’s nomination rounds out the Biden administration’s slate of high antitrust officers. Chief amongst them is Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Lina Khan, a Columbia Law School professor who, previous to becoming a member of the FTC, criticized Amazon for what she deemed anticompetitive practices. Her earlier work prompted each Amazon and Facebook to demand that she recuse herself from any circumstances involving both firm on the premise that she is biased towards them. A 3rd Biden administration determine, Tim Wu—who additionally labored as a legislation professor at Columbia and is known as a critic of Big Tech—presently serves as a particular assistant to the president overseeing expertise and competitors coverage on the National Economic Council.

Previously the co-chair of antitrust practices at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, one of many largest legislation corporations within the U.S., Kanter lately co-founded his personal agency, the Kanter Law Group, which makes a speciality of antitrust circumstances. According to Politico, Kanter beforehand represented firms that sought antitrust motion towards Google, together with Yelp and Microsoft. The alternative represents a stark distinction to Makan Delrahim—the Trump administration’s choice for the job in 2017—who labored in non-public legislation defending monopolies towards antitrust motion earlier than becoming a member of the DOJ.

In addition to naming Big Tech critics to key positions in his administration, Biden lately signed a sweeping government order that instantly targets main tech corporations like Amazon, Facebook, and Google. Among the 72 initiatives specified by the chief order are directives to reign in information assortment, which serves because the lifeblood of many main tech corporations; increase right-to-repair for electronics Americans buy; restrict price-gouging by web service suppliers, and a restoration of Federal Communications Commission insurance policies defending web neutrality—a time period, by the way, that Wu coined.

“Let me be very clear: Capitalism without competition isn’t capitalism. It’s exploitation,” Biden mentioned earlier this month whereas asserting the chief order. “Without healthy competition, big players can change and charge whatever they want and treat you however they want. And for too many Americans that means accepting a bad deal for things you can’t go without. So, we know we’ve got a problem, a major problem. But we also have an incredible opportunity.”