Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has launched two new practice areas in its London office through the hire of two lawyers from Allen & Overy and Slaughter and May.

Competition lawyer Aurora Luoma is set to join Skadden as counsel after 15 years at Slaughter and May, where she had been senior counsel. A&O counsel Louise Batty, a corporate incentives specialist, is also making the move across to Skadden after nearly seven years at the Magic Circle firm.