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Sweden's Vinge taps Howrey for Brussels competition partner

1 December 2010 | By James Swift

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Swedish firm Vinge has boosted its Brussels office with a competition lawyer from Howrey, two months after four partners left the US firm’s Belgium base.

Kristian Hugmark, a senior associate at Howrey’s Brussels office, will join Vinge at the end of the year. He will be the firm’s resident partner in Brussels and lead a team of three lawyers. Marcus Glader, Vinge’s resident partner in Brussels since 2009, will relocate to Stockholm.

Hugmark, who spent seven years at Howrey, has particular experience advising on cartel investigations and antitrust issues relating to transport. His departure from Howrey follows that of four Brussels partners who, along with eight more from Amsterdam and Paris, left to create IP boutique Hoyng Monegier (11 October 2010).

Vinge established its Brussels office more than 20 years ago. The firm also has offices in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmo, Hong Kong and Shanghai.

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  • Anonymous | 2-Dec-2010 10:35 am

    A fine lawyer and a fine man. A great capture for Vinge.

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  • Trevor Soames (Howrey) | 3-Dec-2010 1:54 pm

    Kristian joined Howrey just a few months after we opened our doors in 2002 and has, ever since, been an important member of the team in terms of client work and business generation as well as office cohesion due to his strong inter-personal and team-building skills. I'm obviously sad to lose Kristian as a colleague but at the same time proud that the Howrey Brussels office has, yet again, shown itself to be not only a top tier antitrust practice but a breeding ground for leading antitrust lawyers who have, over time (as is inevitable in legal practice) joined other law firms and had great success. I wish Kristian all the best at Vinge, for he joins one of Sweden's leading law firms and together with his colleagues such as Marcus Glader will develop yet further a strong antitrust practice.

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