Hogan Lovells consultant Simon Polito has been appointed as one of three new deputy chairmen of the UK’s Competition Commission.

Polito, who is based in Hogan Lovells’s City base, is a member of the firm’s antitrust, competition and economic regulation practice. He was a partner at legacy Lovells for 26 years, and led the firm’s EU and competition law practice from 2001 to 2004.