Links boosts HK competition with partner switch
Linklaters is set to relocate competition and antitrust partner Erik Soederlind to Hong Kong this autumn (15 September) to lead the firm's regional competition and antitrust practice. Soederlind, who is currently based in Stockholm, has experience in all aspects of competition law enforcement, as well as working for competition regulatory bodies.
July 21, 2008 at 06:20 AM
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Linklaters is set to relocate competition and antitrust partner Erik Soederlind to Hong Kong this autumn (15 September) to lead the firm's regional competition and antitrust practice.
Soederlind, who is currently based in Stockholm, has experience in all aspects of competition law enforcement, as well as working for competition regulatory bodies.
Linklaters joins rivals in adding competition capacity in the region ahead of the implementation of new laws, with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Lovells and Herbert Smith among firms recently strengthening their practices.
China's new Anti-Monopoly Law is set to take effect from 1 August after a decade of consultations, while Hong Kong is planning to introduce new competition law legislation in the 2008-09 legislative sessions. India is also in the process of introducing new laws.
Linklaters' Asia managing partner, Giles White, said: "Given the significant changes in competition law and enforcement that are taking place in Asia, we anticipate strong and increasing client demand for high-level, specialist competition and antitrust advice."
"Erik's move to Asia to lead our Asia competition and antitrust practice is a key step in meeting that demand, reflecting our commitment to providing the highest-quality advice to our clients globally, and it will also be a powerful addition to our Asian platform."
Soederlind is the second departure from Linklaters' Stockholm office announced this year, with former office head Joergen Durban set to leave the firm in November. The Swedish partnership has shrunk by more than a fifth since its original merger with Lagerloef & Leman in 2001, the latest departure taking the total number of partners down to 17.
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