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Freshfields arbitration chief retires as competition partner heads for OFT

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has seen the departure of high-profile international arbitration head Jan Paulsson, as competition partner Andrea Gomes da Silva prepares to take up a nine-month secondment at the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). Paulsson, who joined the firm in 1989 and has been the head of Freshfields' international arbitration group for around 20 years, is top-ranked by Chambers and Partners for global arbitration and public international law.
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Pinsents adds partner duo with KPMG and Competition Commission hires

Pinsent Masons has strengthened its EU and competition practice with the hire of ex-Simmons & Simmons partner and Postcomm legal director Jenny Block. Block will join Pinsents' London office on 19 March as a partner following a spell working as a legal adviser at the Competition Commission. Her arrival at Pinsents will bring the number of partners in the EU and competition practice to five.
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Winston & Strawn to launch fourth Western Europe base in Brussels

Winston & Strawn is launching an office in Brussels, the firm's fourth base in Western Europe, in a boost for its EU competition practice. The office, which the firm hopes to be operational by June, will initially be headed by London antitrust and competition partner Peter Crowther, with support from associate Lucie Fish.
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CC and Thomson Reuters team up for online anti-bribery training initiative

Clifford Chance (CC) has teamed up with Thomson Reuters to launch an e-learning programme focusing on competition, antitrust, anti-corruption and anti-bribery. The joint initiative has seen the magic circle firm and the information provider work together to draw up online courses for financial services firms and corporates, which can be monitored on a real-time basis by HR and compliance staff.
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Govt unveils competition reforms in 'quantum leap' towards US-style class actions

The Government has unveiled a new 'opt out' collective redress system, described as "a quantum leap towards US-style class actions", as part of a series of wide-ranging competition law reforms following a consultation last year. The measures, unveiled by business secretary Vince Cable last month, have received broad approval from senior lawyers, after initial proposals were put forward for consultation by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) in April last year.
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Minters takes on Corrs competition partner as Perth rebuild continues

Australia's Minter Ellison has continued to rebuild in Perth with the hire of competition partner Matthew Knox from Corrs Chambers Westgarth. Knox, whose practice has a focus on the energy and resources sector, joins Perth's nine-partner office, which in 2011 saw the departure of around 80 lawyers - including 14 partners - to Squire Sanders. The firm subsequently relaunched its own integrated office in the western Australian city.
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Bakers leads UPS-TNT deal challenge as €5.2bn takeover collapses

Baker & McKenzie has successfully challenged the proposed €5.2bn (£4.3bn) takeover of delivery giant TNT Express by United Parcel Service (UPS), which has collapsed after the European Commission moved to block the deal. FedEx challenged the merger on competitive grounds after UPS's bid was announced in early 2012, with the European Commission subsequently opening an investigation into the proposed deal in July.
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International Edition

Long-serving A&O antitrust partner takes IBA presidency

Allen & Overy (A&O) antitrust partner Michael Reynolds has been appointed as the new president of the International Bar Association (IBA). Reynolds, who launched A&O's Brussels office in 1979, where he has since been based, will now hold the position for two years.
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International Edition

Ofcom head of legal and BLP partner join SJB in double competition hire

SJ Berwin has recruited Ofcom head of legal Sarah Turnbull in a double partner hire for the firm's EU, competition and regulatory practice alongside Berwin Leighton Paisner's (BLP) Elaine Whiteford. Turnbull, who will join SJ Berwin in April next year, returns to the firm after leaving as a senior associate in 2005 to join the media regulator.
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Field Fisher seals senior hire for City competition with Clydes partner hire

Field Fisher Waterhouse has sealed the hire of respected EU and competition partner Philippe Ruttley from Clyde & Co. Ruttley, who joined Clydes as a partner in 2001 from Mayer Brown legacy firm Rowe & Maw, has joined Field Fisher's four-partner competition and EU regulatory practice in London along with Clydes senior associate Solange Leandro.
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