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White & Case competition partner joins Brick Court in Brussels

White & Case competition partner Alastair Sutton has left the firm's Brussels office to join Brick Court Chambers as a barrister. Sutton, who joined the chambers' Brussels arm earlier this week (5 April), has been appointed by Brick Court as a door tenant. He previously spent more than 10 years with the European Commission before practising law in Brussels with Forrester Norall & Sutton, which merged with White & Case in 1998.
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Seven UK QCs appointed to Govt commission to look into case for British Bill of Rights

A heavyweight group of QCs has been pulled together by the Government to investigate the case for a UK Bill of Rights and look at reforming the European Court of Human Rights in the wake of a number of controversial European rulings. Seven QCs were appointed to the nine-member commission of human rights experts, launched last week (18 March) by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke.
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Nine-partner Howrey antitrust team joins Baker Botts in Washington DC

Baker Botts and Covington & Burling have both recruited sizeable teams from Howrey in the wake of the firm's dissolution yesterday (15 March). A nine-partner team has joined Baker Botts' Washington DC office today (16 March) which includes Howrey's former vice chair Sean Boland - who also co-headed the antitrust practice at the firm. The team comprises a total of 32 lawyers, as well as economists, analysts and support staff. Additional lawyers and staff are expected to join Baker Botts in the coming weeks.
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ECJ warns pan-European patent court would breach EU framework

Long-mooted plans for a pan-European patent court have suffered another setback after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) this week stated that such a policy would conflict with the EU's constitution. The ECJ on Tuesday (8 March) delivered an opinion in response to proposals from EU nations for a European and Community Patent Court - arguing the model would impinge on the role of national courts.
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Howrey City competition duo quit to join Kirkland's London office

Kirkland & Ellis has added two partners to its City competition practice with a double hire from Howrey's London office. Shaun Goodman, one of the last remaining Howrey partners in London following a slew of departures in recent months, focuses on merger control, market dominance, cartel investigations, sector inquiries and private enforcement.
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International Edition

K&L Gates launches in Brussels with hire of McDermott partner duo

K&L Gates is opening a new office in Brussels today (1 February) as the US firm continues to expand its presence in Europe. The firm has recruited two partners from US rival McDermott Will & Emery to launch the new base. Brussels-based duo Philip Torbol and Patrice Corbiau have been handed a remit to build up the firm's offering in the Belgian capital, although the specific number of laterals the firm plans to recruit is as yet unconfirmed. The new office opening is a part of the US firm's aggressive expansion strategy for Europe. The firm has launched six European offices in rapid succession, with a London base opened in 2005, Paris in 2008, Frankfurt in 2009, and Moscow and Warsaw in 2010.
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International Edition

SJ Berwin partner duo quit to take up new roles at BLP and Lloyds

SJ Berwin has seen the departure of two City partners, with competition partner Niamh Grogan set to join Lloyds Banking Group and real estate partner Michael Metliss joining Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP). Grogan, who has been a partner at SJ Berwin since 2003, is joining Lloyds' risk division as group competition director in December.
2 minute read

International Edition

Linklaters partner duo quit to launch competition boutique in Stockholm

Two Linklaters competition partners have left the firm's Stockholm and Hong Kong offices to set up their own boutique in Sweden. The new boutique, launched by Stockholm partner Kent Karlsson and Hong Kong partner Erik Soederlind, went live yesterday (1 November) under the name Kastell. Both partners joined Linklaters' Swedish competition practice in 2001 through its merger with local firm Lagerloef & Leman. Soederlind later relocated to the firm's Hong Kong office in 2008 to become head of competition and antitrust in Asia - a position he held at the time of his departure.
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International Edition

Is Howrey's model broke or can global litigation deliver?

Does the global litigation law firm model work? This disturbing question has been explicitly raised this month by news of a 12-partner exodus from the European network of disputes and intellectual property (IP) specialist Howrey. Indeed, departing partners from Howrey, who are heavily concentrated in the firm's Amsterdam and Brussels offices, have made much of the problems of working within a US-based firm. The argument goes that the US' generally stricter conflicts rules are a real hurdle for litigators operating in Europe, particularly when the bulk of the practice is weighted stateside, which makes it inevitable that American clients will get the upper hand in a close call on conflicts.
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OFT/CC merger - a system with mixed motives?

One of the worst-kept secrets in the world of competition law became official last week: the UK Government is planning to merge the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and the Competition Commission (CC). Along with the Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck Sites, the Pesticides Residues Committee and the Zoos Forum, these pillars of the UK competition system have been singled out for attention in Vince Cable's bonfire of the quangos.
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