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Bakers partner quartet break away to launch new Frankfurt boutique

Baker & McKenzie is set to lose a team of antitrust partners in Frankfurt, including the firm's German and European competition head, as the group splits off to launch a new competition boutique. Practice chief Joerg-Martin Schultze is quitting Bakers along with fellow partners Dominique Wagener, Stephanie Pautke and Johanna Kuebler. The group will open a new boutique in Frankfurt this September under the name Commeo. The three associates who make up the remainder of Bakers' Frankfurt antitrust practice are expected to join the partners at Commeo, although a final decision has not yet been taken.
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A&O boosts Oz practice with Mallesons hire

Allen & Overy (A&O) has bulked up its Sydney office with the hire of Dave Poddar from domestic firm Mallesons Stephen Jacques. Poddar marks the eighteenth partner hire for the firm since it opened its Australian arm in February this year.
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CC global antitrust chief opts for move to Skadden's Brussels arm

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is set to boost its Brussels office with the hire of Clifford Chance (CC) global antitrust head Simon Baxter. Baxter, who became a partner with CC in 1998, resigned earlier this month (3 June) and will join the US firm on Wednesday (16 June).
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Hogan Lovells privacy counsel moves to US firm

Hunton & Williams has recruited former Hogan Lovells counsel Wim Nauwelaerts in a boost for the US firm's Brussels office. Nauwelaerts, who specialises in data privacy issues for healthcare and life sciences clients, will join Hunton's global privacy and information management practice in Brussels as a counsel on 1 August.
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Hogan Lovells bolsters London antitrust team with high-profile WilmerHale hire

Hogan Lovells is to make its first City partner hire since its merger at the beginning of the month. High profile competition specialist Suyong Kim will move from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr to the international firm's City base.
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SJ Berwin partner joins Milbank to launch European antitrust practice

Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has launched a European antitrust practice with the hire of SJ Berwin's head of EU and competition in Germany. Alexander Rinne is set to leave SJ Berwin in the coming weeks to set up and head the antitrust practice in Milbank's Munich office. He will be followed by associates Andreas Boos and Tatjana Muehlbach.
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Olswang competition partner joins Fried Frank's London base

Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson has turned to Olswang for its latest partner hire, bringing in competition specialist Alasdair Balfour. Balfour, who has been a partner at Olswang since 2007, will join the US firm in London on 1 May as the office's first antitrust and competition partner since Craig Arnott returned to Australia last June, working with two associates.
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Latest mega-fine shows the OFT means business

For years competition policy in the UK seemed to be a case of plenty of talk but little action. But the Office of Fair Trading's (OFT) move last month in fining Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) a hefty £28.6m for breaching competition law is the latest in a series of recent reminders that the years of hot air are finally translating into a more robust enforcement policy.
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International Edition

Postal regulator appoints Simmons partner as interim legal head

The Postal Services Commission (Postcomm) has appointed a Simmons & Simmons partner to take on the role of legal director at the regulatory body. The unusual appointment sees Simmons City competition partner Jenny Block act as Postcomm legal director while also remaining a partner at Simmons, working part-time on her usual client work.
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'BA four' trial underlines risks for company directors

Until relatively recently, the implications of a UK competition investigation for individual company directors were limited to inconvenience, potential embarrassment and higher legal bills. At worst, an individual implicated in an infringement could lose his or her job. This is no longer the case. With the trial of the 'BA four' only weeks away, it is a good time to consider the risks that now exist for directors of companies implicated in anti-competitive behaviour. The essential facts are that, on 1 August 2007, the UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) announced that British Airways (BA) had admitted collusion with Virgin Atlantic Airways over long-haul passenger fuel surcharges, contrary to the Competition Act 1998, and had agreed to pay the OFT a penalty of £121.5m.
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