Covington & Burling has hired a competition partner from Baker McKenzie for its Brussels antitrust practice.

Sibel Yilmaz, a Swedish national, joined Baker McKenzie’s Brussels office as a partner in April of 2021, splitting her time between Brussels and Stockholm. Prior to that, she spent 14 years at Linklaters’ Brussels office, which she joined as an associate and left as counsel, according to both Baker McKenzie and Yilmaz’s LinkedIn profile.