22-02-2018: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) has announced the appointment of 20 individuals to counsel, effective from 1 May 2018. The promotions reflect the strength of our global talent and include individuals from Brussels, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hong Kong, London, Madrid, Moscow, New York, Paris, Singapore, Vienna and Washington, D.C.
19-02-2018: International trade partner Vassilis Akritidis has been appointed to DWF's Brussels office where he will lead on international trade and WTO issues as the business continues to invest in the growth of its global teams.
13-09-2017: Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Wim Nauwelaerts has joined the firm as a partner in its Brussels office. He will be a member of Sidley’s global Privacy and Cybersecurity practice.
19-06-2017: Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte will be joining the Brussels office of Hogan Lovells in August as a partner in the firm's global antitrust practice.
14-06-2017: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP announced today that Götz Drauz has joined the Firm's global antitrust and competition group as Of Counsel. Together with recently elected partner Dr. Michael Rosenthal, Mr. Drauz will be based in the newly established Brussels office.
12-06-2017: International law firm Bird & Bird LLP has appointed leading competition & EU specialist Hein Hobbelen as a partner. Hein will divide his time between the firm's offices in Brussels and The Hague.
05-06-2017: Elvira Aliende Rodriguez Elvira focuses on EU competition law with particular experience and market reputation in EU cartel investigations and follow-on damages actions. She has defended clients before the European Commission in some of the most high-profile cartel cases in recent years, including in financial sector cartel investigations such as CHF LIBOR.
30-05-2017: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP announced today that the Firm has elected to its partnership Dr. Michael Rosenthal, 47, who most recently led Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s European Union and German competition and antitrust practice. Building on the success of its existing practice in the field, Sullivan & Cromwell further strengthens its global antitrust practice with this move. Dr. Rosenthal will be based in Brussels and will join Sullivan & Cromwell’s global antitrust and competition group.
19-05-2017: Stephen Mavroghenis and Miguel Rato will join the firm as partners based in its Brussels office, working together with both Trevor Soames, who joined in December 2016, and Dr. Nadine Herrmann.
16-04-2017: Trevor Soames has joined the firm as a partner based in its Brussels office.
04-04-2017: Francesco Maria joins the firm after 18 years’ service racked up with a leading international law firm where he began in 1999 working from its Rome offices. Having been appointed Senior Attorney in 2010 he transferred to the Brussels office of the firm in 2005.
04-04-2017: The new structure will include 4,700 lawyers, active in 39 countries, with a turnover exceeding $ 1.2 billion.
03-04-2017: Having been appointed Senior Attorney in 2010 Francesco Maria transferred to the Brussels office of the firm in 2005.
30-03-2017: Each of these talented individuals has already established a strong track record of providing excellent advice to our clients and will make an important contribution to the continuing growth of our business.
02-02-2017: International legal practice Osborne Clarke has hired two new Partners to further strengthen its offer in its Belgian office.
13-01-2017: Readers can now vote online until February 1 for their favorite papers on the Awards website.
10-01-2017: Dechert LLP, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that it has bolstered its antitrust/competition group in Brussels with the arrival of a team led by partner Alec Burnside and includes Anne MacGregor, Marjolein De Backer and Adam Kidane. The group was previously with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft.
21-12-2016: Macfarlanes is pleased to announce that EU and competition law specialists Tom Usher, Cameron Firth and Christophe Humpe will be joining the firm as partners from King & Wood Mallesons early in the new year.
22-11-2016: The nominations for the 2017 Antitrust Writing Awards are open.
25-10-2016: Baker & McKenzie is pleased to announce the appointment of Brussels-based partner Fiona Carlin as new head of the Firm's 370-strong competition and antitrust group, marking a decade of female leadership of the practice.
