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Tougher, maybe faster – advisers assess an attempt to reform competition policy

Greater rigour or streamlined efficiency? Confusion about the real purpose of the looming merger of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and the Competition Commission (CC) perhaps explains the ambivalent reaction to the proposals announced on 15 March. Because, as competition advisers have argued since the Government floated the idea of unifying the antitrust agencies last October, those aims can easily come into conflict.
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International Edition

Morgan Lewis leads as Deutsche Boerse sues EC over NYSE merger

Morgan Lewis & Bockius has taken the lead role for Deutsche Boerse on its lawsuit against the European Commission (EC) over the rejection of its merger with NYSE Euronext. The US firm's Frankfurt office has been instructed to advise the German stock exchange following its decision to sue the European Commission at the General Court of the European Union in Luxembourg.
2 minute read

International Edition

Competition law compliance

As an in-house lawyer you probably advise your company on a broad range of legal issues. You have to be a legal jack of all trades and you're expected to be master of them all! The Office of Fair Trading has developed a suite of materials to provide in-house lawyers with everything they need to know about competition law.
1 minute read

International Edition

Magic circle firms among line-up advising on accountancy competition probe

Linklaters, Clifford Chance and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are among a host of firms acting for accountancy giants embroiled in an ongoing Competition Commission investigation.
2 minute read

International Edition

Former European Parliament president to lead EU law firm's London launch

EU lobbying law firm Alber & Geiger is launching in London in a bid to target international companies with a presence in the capital. The Brussels-based firm will open its City office in Westminster's Berkeley Square in March, with partner Lord Charles Henry Plumb heading up the new base.
2 minute read

International Edition

Slaughters leads alongside US duo on $12.5bn Google/Motorola deal

Slaughter and May has advised alongside Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz as Google's $12.5bn (£7.9bn) acquisition of Motorola Mobility yesterday (13 February) gained competition clearance in the US and Europe. Slaughters was brought in to advise Motorola on European competition matters after the acquisition was announced in August last year, with the firm understood to have fielded a team led by Brussels competition partner Claire Jeffs.
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International Edition

SJ Berwin competition chief Kon declares senior partner candidacy

SJ Berwin EU and competition head Stephen Kon has become the first candidate to put himself forward for the firm's senior partner role following Jonathan Blake's announcement that he will not stand for a third term. Blake, whose tenure will come to an end on 30 April, informed SJ Berwin's partners earlier this month (3 February) that he would not seek re-election.
2 minute read

International Edition

Hogan Lovells consultant takes senior role at Competition Commission

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.
2 minute read

Legal Week

Dechert seals further DLA hire with hire of high-profile trade partner

Dechert has recruited DLA Piper partner Miriam Gonzalez - the wife of Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg - as the new head of the firm's EU trade and EU government affairs practice. Gonzalez, currently DLA Piper's head of trade and government relations, is joining the US-based firm's London office.
17 minute read

International Edition

Dechert seals further DLA hire with hire of high-profile trade partner

Dechert has recruited DLA Piper partner Miriam Gonzalez - the wife of Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg - as the new head of the firm's EU trade and EU government affairs practice. Gonzalez, currently DLA Piper's head of trade and government relations, is joining the US-based firm's London office.
2 minute read

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