Obama chooses DoJ official as economic adviser

Thursday, 24 February 2011

Carl Shapiro
President Barack Obama is nominating Department of Justice economics official Carl Shapiro to his Council of Economic Advisers. 

Shearman lands Howrey team in Brussels

Thursday, 24 February 2011

Five competition partners from Howrey LLP are set to join Shearman & Sterling LLP in Brussels.

De Matteis opens Rome antitrust boutique

Thursday, 24 February 2011

Andrea de Matteis
Andrea De Matteis has left Labruna Mazziotti Segni where he was head of the competition practice to launch De Matteis Studio Legale. The boutique firm opened its doors on Monday.

LECG economists launch break-away boutique

Wednesday, 23 February 2011

A group of 30 economists at LECG are leaving the US consultancy to start their own firm, AFE Consulting.

An interview with John Davies

Wednesday, 23 February 2011

John Davies
The executive director of Mauritius’ Competition Commission talks to GCR about setting up an agency from scratch.

NERA promotes in Tokyo

Thursday, 17 February 2011

Nera promotes Hiroaki Ishigaki
NERA Economic Consulting has made Hiroaki Ishigaki a vice president in its Tokyo-based antitrust practice.

Huston is new deputy chief in DoJ's San Francisco office

Tuesday, 15 February 2011

Peter Huston
The US Department of Justice’s antitrust division has promoted trial attorney Peter Huston to deputy chief of the division’s San Francisco field office. Huston takes over from Niall Lynch, who left the division to join Latham & Watkins LLP in November.

FTC hires litigation counsel

Tuesday, 15 February 2011

Edward Hassi joins FTC
The US Federal Trade Commission has announced that Edward Hassi has joined the agency’s competition bureau as chief litigation counsel.

Slovenian authority head returns to Schoenherr

Wednesday, 09 February 2011

Jani Sorsak
Jani Soršak has rejoined Schoenherr as a partner after three years at the helm of Slovenia’s Competition Protection Office.

An interview with John Pecman

Wednesday, 09 February 2011

John Pecman
John Pecman talks to GCR about his role as senior deputy commissioner at Canada’s Competition Bureau

Ex-DG Comp official rejoins Havel Holásek

Premium Article - Tuesday, 08 February 2011

Petr Kadlec
Havel Holásek & Partners has hired Petr Kadlec as a partner in its Prague competition practice, the firm announced last week.

CompetitionRx expands in Brussels

Premium Article - Tuesday, 08 February 2011

Justin Menezes and Maurice de Valois Turk
CompetitionRx has hired two senior practitioners and opened a new office in Brussels, it announced today. The firm monitors commitments imposed by competition authorities in merger cases and provides remedy advice to companies planning M&A deals in Europe.

GCR 2011 award winners announced

Premium Article - Monday, 07 February 2011

GCR awards: The winners
GCR awards: The winners
GCR awards: The winners
GCR awards: The winners
GCR awards: The winners
GCR awards: The winners
GCR awards: The winners
Ten of the world’s leading antitrust lawyers have received Global Competition Review's inaugural Lifetime Achievement Awards for their decades of outstanding contributions to the field of competition law and policy.

Vinge partner takes on Swedish authority role

Premium Article - Monday, 07 February 2011

Karlsson spent six years at Vinge
Sweden’s Competition Authority has hired competition specialist Per Karlsson as head of its legal department.

Mauritius announces new executive director

Premium Article - Friday, 04 February 2011

Sean Ennis
OECD senior economist Sean Ennis is the new executive director of Mauritius’s Competition Commission

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