Credit: ankihoglund/Adobe Stock Brussels' Reverse Revolving Door: Why Lawyers Leave Lucrative Jobs at Law Firms to Join the EU's Powerful Antitrust Enforcer
The revolving door from the European Commission to Brussels-based law firms has frequently stirred controversy, but the revolving door from law firms to one of the world's top antitrust enforcers has received much less attention.
July 23, 2024 at 09:30 PM
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Niklas Maydell, who has been managing partner of Weil, Gotshal & Manges' Brussels office since it opened in 2022, faces a tough competitor in the war for talent in the EU's unofficial administrative capital.
Unlike in other European jurisdictions, he is not only contending with other deep-pocketed corporate law firms, he is also competing with a mighty public employer: the European Commission's Directorate-General for Competition.
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