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Government and Public Affairs Practices Are Booming in Brussels. Here's Why.

The need to offer legal services and government affairs under one roof has increased significantly as the European Commission ramps up its regulation of tech companies, foreign direct investment, and ESG, lawyers say.
7 minute read

International Edition

'Revolvers': The Growing Controversy Around Top EU Officials Switching to Big Law

Nearly 20% of competition lawyers at Brussels law firms have at one point served in EU institutions.
8 minute read

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Law Firms Set to Earn £1B From First Wave of UK Competition Class Actions

The first batch of Competition Appeal Tribunal cases since a change to the law in 2015 is proving very lucrative for the law firms involved, research has found.
4 minute read

International Edition

EU to Ease Antitrust Rules in Fight Against Climate Change

The European Union, strict in its enforcement of antitrust laws, is taking a big step in combatting climate change—relaxing some competition rules if that will help improve the environment. But lawyers caution that multinationals and investment funds still must be wary.
7 minute read

International Edition

Why Have So Many US Law Firms Piled Into Brussels?

Brexit, the "Brussels effect," the mainstreaming of antitrust and even optics have been driving firms to establish bases in Brussels. But not all of the firms have the same goals.
7 minute read

International Edition

UK Competition Watchdog Intervenes in Microsoft's $69B Activision Buyout, Continuing Big Tech Offensive

The Competition and Markets Authority is gumming up a megadeal, another sign of its concern that the software industry has too much power in too few hands.
4 minute read

International Edition

Dechert Hires Transatlantic Trio of Partners From Orrick

The firm is adding the former leader of Orrick's antitrust and competition practice in Washington, D.C., as well as partners in San Francisco and London. Douglas Lahnborg will be the first "on the ground, permanent" antitrust practitioner for the firm to be based in London.
6 minute read

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Blakes Appoints Senior Partner as Chair of Newly Created 'Strategic Business Initiatives'

Longtime Blakes partner and "client-focused" Brian Facey will create and implement initiatives to help the large Canadian firm grow both new and existing relationships.
4 minute read

International Edition

Freshfields to Defend Google in Major US Justice Department Lawsuit

The Department of Justice has accused the tech giant of monopoly over digital adverts, with eight states joining lawsuit on Tuesday.
3 minute read

International Edition

McCarthy Tétrault Partner Joins Competition Bureau's Legal Unit as Senior GC

Donald Houston has extensive competition law and litigation experience in Canada.
2 minute read

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