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FFW in pilot seat as private firm wins rescue helicopter contract from RAF

Field Fisher Waterhouse has taken the lead role on a £1.6bn deal that has seen a private company take over the running of the UK's search and rescue helicopter operations. The contract, which runs from 2015 to 2026, has been won by the Bristow Group, the US-headquartered parent company of Aberdeen's Bristow Helicopters.
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International Edition

Slaughters makes up two London lawyers in annual partnership round

Slaughter and May has made up two of its London associates to partner in the magic circle firm's 2013 promotions round. James Stacey and Lisa Wright, both of who trained at the firm, will join the partnership as of 1 May this year, taking the number of partners at the firm to 117, 106 of whom are based in London.
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International Edition

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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International Edition

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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International Edition

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.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

U.S. Supreme Court Further Limits State Protection From Antitrust Laws

On February 19, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a major antitrust decision limiting antitrust immunity for state-sanctioned conduct. The court unanimously overturned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit's ruling allowing Phoebe Putney Health System Inc. to acquire its only competitor. The Eleventh Circuit had previously stated the acquisition was permissible under the state-action doctrine. In its opinion, the Supreme Court ruled that the granting of mere general corporate powers to government entities under state law does not offer blanket protection from the antitrust laws. The Supreme Court emphasized that immunity from the antitrust laws is "disfavored" unless a state intended to displace competition. In so ruling, the Supreme Court has further limited the ability of health care and other entities to rely upon the state-action immunity doctrine to avoid antitrust entanglement.
8 minute read

International Edition

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.
2 minute read

International Edition

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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The Legal Intelligencer

Supreme Court Antitrust Cases to Watch in 2013

The coming year is poised to be a critical and exciting year for antitrust law. The U.S. Supreme Court is due to rule on no less than four antitrust cases this year. Government enforcement continues to be on the rise and private litigation is surging again.
6 minute read

International Edition

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.
2 minute read

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