Alston & Bird has bolstered its global anti-corruption compliance capabilities with the addition of Isabelle De Smedt as a partner in the firm’s Brussels office. Joining from Nixon Peabody LLP, De Smedt represents companies in anti-corruption and fraud investigations related to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, UK Bribery Act, and other government enforcement programs worldwide.

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Elisabethann Wright has joined Cooley in Brussels as a partner in the firm’s growing business litigation and healthcare regulatory practice groups. Wright arrives from Hogan Lovells, where she co-led its European Union life sciences regulatory practice. She has more than 35 years of experience in private practice and international governmental organizations, including as a référandaire (law clerk) at the European Court of Justice and a senior legal officer at the European Free Trade Association Surveillance Authority.

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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced that Hendrik Viaene has joined the Firm’s international antitrust practice in Brussels as partner. He joins a dynamic, experienced and ambitious team, widely recognised for its outstanding credentials in defending multinational corporations in international cartels and regularly securing complex merger clearances in Europe. Hendrik joins from Deloitte Legal where he led the global Centre of Expertise in Competition and Regulatory Law. 

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Noerr is strengthening its international and EU trade law advisory capabilities with Claus Zimmermann. Zimmermann will move from the US law firm Sidley Austin to Noerr’s Brussels office as an associated partner.

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