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Linklaters Germany partner opts against move to Mayer Brown

Linklaters competition partner Carsten Grave has decided to remain with the magic circle law firm nearly two months after it was announced that he would join Mayer Brown's practice in Cologne. The news comes after the US law firm last month announced the closure of its Berlin and Cologne offices, with Mayer Brown set to launch an office in Duesseldorf at the start of 2012.
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Bird & Bird relaunches trade and customs practice with Steptoe hire

Bird & Bird is relaunching its dedicated trade and customs practice with the hire of a partner from Steptoe & Johnson in London. The firm brought in Iain MacVay earlier this week (4 July), with the hire making MacVay the sole partner dedicated to the practice, following the departure of Amsterdam-based trade and customs partner Jasper Helder last year.
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International Edition

Linklaters launches antitrust practice in Amsterdam with Freshfields hire

Linklaters has launched an Amsterdam antitrust practice with the hire of Paul Kreijger from magic circle rival Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, reports The Am Law Daily. Kreijger, who specialises in European antitrust and regulatory matters and also has niche energy sector expertise, joins the firm as counsel. In addition to working with the firm's Dutch clients, he will also work closely with the firm's four-partner antitrust team in Brussels.
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International Edition

Slaughters ally De Brauw reopens in Brussels

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek has reopened in Brussels almost 10 years after the Dutch independent closed its former base in the Belgian capital. The office, which opened yesterday (15 June), will focus on international competition and European law issues and will be headed by competition and regulation partner Douwe Groenevelt.
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International Edition

Linklaters sees antitrust team shift as global chief steps down

Linklaters' global antitrust head Gerwin Van Gerven is stepping down after eight years in the role, with London competition partner Michael Cutting set to take over at the helm of the practice. Cutting, who headed the firm's London competition practice between 2004 and 2007, will split his time between Linklaters' London and Brussels offices as part of the new post.
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International Edition

BLP recruits former Office of Rail Regulation chairman for competition group

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has hired the former chairman of the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) Chris Bolt as a consultant for its competition, EU and trade group. Bolt, who joined the firm last month, has spent the last twenty years managing and shaping regulatory issues in the transport and utility sectors, most recently as the public-private partnership arbiter for the London Underground.
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International Edition

Linklaters partner exits firm to launch new Brussels base for Cadwalader

Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft is launching an office in Brussels with the hire of Linklaters competition partner Alec Burnside. Burnside, who has been recruited with a remit to open and manage the new office, specialises in EU competition law and regularly advises on high-profile cases involving global industries, governments and bluechip corporations.
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International Edition

White & Case competition partner joins Brick Court in Brussels

White & Case competition partner Alastair Sutton has left the firm's Brussels office to join Brick Court Chambers as a barrister. Sutton, who joined the chambers' Brussels arm earlier this week (5 April), has been appointed by Brick Court as a door tenant. He previously spent more than 10 years with the European Commission before practising law in Brussels with Forrester Norall & Sutton, which merged with White & Case in 1998.
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International Edition

Seven UK QCs appointed to Govt commission to look into case for British Bill of Rights

A heavyweight group of QCs has been pulled together by the Government to investigate the case for a UK Bill of Rights and look at reforming the European Court of Human Rights in the wake of a number of controversial European rulings. Seven QCs were appointed to the nine-member commission of human rights experts, launched last week (18 March) by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke.
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Nine-partner Howrey antitrust team joins Baker Botts in Washington DC

Baker Botts and Covington & Burling have both recruited sizeable teams from Howrey in the wake of the firm's dissolution yesterday (15 March). A nine-partner team has joined Baker Botts' Washington DC office today (16 March) which includes Howrey's former vice chair Sean Boland - who also co-headed the antitrust practice at the firm. The team comprises a total of 32 lawyers, as well as economists, analysts and support staff. Additional lawyers and staff are expected to join Baker Botts in the coming weeks.
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