Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson has turned to Olswang for its latest partner hire, bringing in competition specialist Alasdair Balfour.

Balfour, who has been a partner at Olswang since 2007, will join the US firm in London on 1 May as the office’s first antitrust and competition partner since Craig Arnott returned to Australia last July, working with two associates.