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competition partner Michael Cutting is set to leave the firm to join the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal as an ordinary member.
But as she finds herself caught up in the thrill of the adrenaline - fueled
competition partnered with a mysterious stranger [Dave Franco], the game begins to take a sinister turn with increasingly dangerous acts, leading her into a high stakes finale that will determine her entire future.
The US firm has hired
Linklaters competition partner Wolfgang Deselaers, who has been a partner at the magic circle firm since its 2001 merger with Oppenhoff & Raedler.
Much of its development was done with it bolted to the back of IMSA - spec Daytona Prototype race cars, beginning with Michael Shank Racing during the 2014 season and, of course, continuing with Chip Ganassi Racing, Ford's eventual
competition partner for the GT program.
His departure from Freshfields was followed
by competition partner Michael Esser, who joined Latham's Duesseldorf office in May.
The Stephenson Harwood team was led by London corporate partner Ben Mercer and associate Kristy Leith, with support
from competition partner Marta Garcia and associate Simon Albert, employment and pensions partner Purvis Ghani and associates Hayley Reid, Natalie Edwards and Naeem Noor, commercial, outsourcing and technology associate Katie Hewson, real estate partner Robert Newman and associate Toby Farmiloe, and regulatory partner Richard Small.
Two more partners have left King & Wood Mallesons (KWM), with Covington & Burling
hiring competition partner Elaine Whiteford and Norton Rose Fulbright picking up disputes partner Paul Stothard.
Herbert Smith Freehills has boosted its Johannesburg office with the hire of senior
competition partner Jean Meijer [pictured above].
Two more partners departed the firm last month, with Covington & Burling hiring
competition partner Elaine Whiteford and Norton Rose Fulbright picking up disputes partner Paul Stothard.
The move is the latest European exit from the New York firm, and comes a month after news emerged that Soames and fellow Shearman &
Sterling competition partners Stephen Mavroghenis and Miguel Rato were in talks to join Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.
In total, more than 50 lawyers made the move to Akin, with just
competition partner Frances Murphy and one associate remaining at Bingham in the City.
City - based
competition partner Suyong Kim took the lead for WilmerHale as Morrisons claimed compensation totalling # 100,000 after a dispute with the OFT relating to the regulator's dairy cartel investigations.
Miller, who is qualified in both US and English law, was appointed co-head of TMT in 2013, working alongside
Brussels competition partner Laurent Garzaniti.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has recruited senior Linklaters
competition partner Wolfgang Deselaers alongside the promotion of three lawyers in its annual partnership round.
Financing partner Ed Fife and
competition partner Jordan Ellison are also advising the communications giant alongside employment partners Sandeep Maudgil and Roland Doughty.
The latest recruits — who will be reunited with former Quinn colleague Trevor Soames — are Shearman's global competition head and Brussels managing partner Stephen Mavroghenis and
fellow competition partner Miguel Rato.
Employment lawyer Osborne Molatudi, meanwhile, was hired as a partner in 2016
alongside competition partners Lesley Morphet and Nkonzo Hlatshwayo, the latter joining from Webber Wentzel.
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Utz competition partner Michael Corrigan, who is not advising any of the parties involved in the matter, said Murray Goulburn is likely to argue in the hearings that farmers are not going to be subject to some sort of squeeze or reduced price offering because there is one less processor lining up to buy their milk.
Settling the European Commission investigation into anti-competition clauses in Amazon's e-books contracts with publishers would allow Amazon to escape fines, civil claims, further investigations and reputational damages, Maverick
Law competition partner Bas Braeken noted.
The raw,
fair competition partners with the moment - to - moment exhilaration of speed and forces you push your driving to the limits.
Meanwhile, north of the
channel competition partner Satyen Dhana left CMS last week for Simmons & Simmons» EU, competition and regulatory group.
Other recent moves in South Africa's disputes market included Herbert Smith Freehills» February hire of
Johannesburg competition partner Jean Meijer from South African firm Bowmans, which recently executed a demerger with Francophone law firm John W Ffooks and promoted nine lawyers to partner.
The partners include Hunton's Washington DC managing partner David Higbee — a member of US President Donald Trump's transition team — global competition head Bruce Hoffman, and
competition partners Todd Stenerson, Djordje Petkoski and Ryan Shores.
However, elsewhere the firm has made a number of high profile hires including, in March, CC's London
competition partner Alastair Mordaunt, who relocated to Freshfields» Hong Kong office to head up the competition practice there.
Skadden Hong Kong corporate partners Julie Gao and Will Cai are leading the team advising Beijing - headquartered Didi, with help from
competition partners Steven Sunshine in Washington and Matthew Hendrickson in New York; enforcement partner Rory McAlpine in Hong Kong; and tax partners David Rievman in New York, and Nathan Giesselman in Palo Alto.
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competition partner Simon Pritchard collected the CSR Initiative of the Year award, which was presented by Lloyds Banking Group's Lesley Wan
Corporate partners Beat Barthold and Pascal Richard, banking and finance partner Ansgar Schott, intellectual property partner Alessandro Celli and
competition partner Boris Wenger join Bakers» Zurich office along with five associates.
Also joining are corporate partners Karin Arnold, Jorg Meissner and Dirk Besse,
competition partner Eckhard Bremer, Andreas Grünwald (TMT regulatory, antitrust), Thomas Keul (litigation) and Hanno Timner (employment, data privacy).
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft is launching an office in Brussels with the hire of Linklaters
competition partner Alec Burnside.
The CC team advising Imagination is being led out of London by M&A partner Lee Coney, with support from M&A partner Katherine Moir, intellectual property partner Vanessa Marsland, litigation partner Iain Roxborough and
competition partners Jenine Hulsmann and Timothy Cornell.
Picon's resignation has triggered an election to replace him as the international firm's senior partner, with developing markets managing director Andrew Darwin, Amsterdam tech partner Joris Willems, China energy head Carolyn Dong, London corporate partner Jon Hayes and Brussels
competition partner Bertold Baer - Bouyssiere all understood to be interested in the role.
Pinsent Masons has hired Jones
Day competition partner Alan Davis as head of its European Union and competition practice.
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM)
competition partner Philipp Girardet has resigned from the firm to join Willkie Farr & Gallagher's London office.
Linklaters also scored a role on the deal, advising Vion on competition matters, with
competition partner Bernd Meyring leading a team.
January 25, 2018 — New York, New York — Weil Antitrust /
Competition partner Eric Hochstadt co-moderated a panel discussion presented by the New York State Bar Association Antitrust Law Section.
Cross is the first hire for Cadwalader's London office
since competition partner Vincent Brophy joined from Jones Day in March 2015.
Competition partners Rob Murray and Sarah Houghton led the firm's team advising Sainsbury's, alongside Brick Court's Mark Brealey QC and Sarah Love, and One Essex Court's Derek Spitz.
Sullivan & Cromwell is to open an office in Brussels with the hire of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &
Rosati competition partner Michael Rosenthal.
Financing partners Guy O'Keefe and Oliver Storey also worked on this latest deal, as well as tax partner Dominic Robertson and
competition partners Bertrand Louveaux and Jordan Ellison.
The Slaughters team is comprised of London - based corporate and commercial partner Jeffrey Twentyman,
competition partner Lisa Wright and tax partner Sara Luder.