Competition specialist Maria da Cunha is to become general counsel to British Airways after Robert Webb announced he would step down at the end of March.
Carl Shapiro, professor of economics at the University of Berkeley, will be the next deputy assistant attorney general for economics at the US Department of Justice's antitrust division.
K&L Gates LLP has merged with Chicago-based Bell Boyd & Lloyd LLP, increasing the firm's antitrust team to 62 lawyers, 32 of whom are partners, based throughout the US and in Europe and China.
Economics consultancy Case Associates has rehired Ian McEwin, the former chief economist at Singapore's Competition Commission, to strengthen its competition practice in Asia.
Criterion Economics has announced that John Johnson will join the firm as president on 5 March. He leaves the Washington, DC, office of Nera Economic Consulting.
J William Rowley QC, architect of the antitrust practice at McMillan LLP in Toronto, has withdrawn from the firm's equity partnership and has stepped down from his post as head of the practice, the firm announced today.
As Greece’s Competition Commission evolves into a more active, efficient enforcer, activity at the country’s most notable competition practices is likely to increase in tandem. Ron Knox examines which Athens firms are best positioned to take on the workload
Changing the relationship between competition authorities and general counsel to a less adversarial model has been vital to effective competition enforcement, the UK Office of Fair Trading's chairman Philip Collins told an IBA conference today.