Competition News
Dechert picks up Shearman's Brussels head to ramp EU team
Dechert has pounced on Shearman & Sterling’s Brussels managing partner Hans Jürgen Meyer-Lindemann in a boost for its EU competition practice in both Belgium and Germany.
Mishcon branches out into competition law with double partner hire
Mishcon de Reya has launched a competition practice after hiring partners from US firm Crowell & Moring and DLA Piper.
Winston launches in Brussels eight months after Dewey hires
Winston & Strawn is set to launch in Brussels off the back of last year’s hires from collapsed Dewey & LeBoeuf (10 May 2012).
Walker Morris builds regulatory team with Lloyds competition expert
Walker Morris has added its second regulatory specialist in six months, hiring Trudy Feaster-Gee as a partner from Lloyds Banking Group
Ashurst appoints new EU competition partner in Italy
Ashurst has added Italian antitrust veteran Denis Fosselard as a new partner in its European competition team.
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Joined-up thinking
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Freshfields’ competition team still sets the pace in spite of market shift
Magic circle firm’s ACT dept refuses to play second fiddle to corporate. By Gavriel Hollander
Brussels flexes its muscles and stalls draft directive on competition law
US-style class actions have been avoided… for the time being, says Kit Chellel
Job lot
The Working Time Directive has failed to curb the UK’s long-hours culture. Rebecca Harding-Hill on the European Commission’s plans to restrict the opt-out clause
Trials and tribulations
As the holiday season begins, one group of lawyers has never been busier. Jon Robins meets Stephen Jakobi, the face of Fair Trials Abroad
