Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has strengthened its London competition team with the hire of Peter Freeman QC, the former chairman of the Competition Commission.

Freeman’s arrival, which is scheduled for next month (1 November), will take the number of senior lawyers in the US firm’s London competition practice to four. He will join the office as a senior consultant, working alongside partners Maurits Dolmans, Romano Subiotto QC and Nicholas Levy.