Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international law firm, today announced that Matthew Levitt has joined the firm’s Antitrust Practice as a Partner. Mr. Levitt, recognized as one of the leading competition lawyers in Europe by Chambers and other publications, will be based in the Brussels office, where he will strengthen an already highly acclaimed antitrust team on both sides of the Atlantic. Mr. Levitt joins Baker Botts from Hogan Lovells where he served as the Brussels Office Managing Partner. More >>

Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie has continued to grow its European energy and competition policy law practices with the appointment of leading energy and competition law expert, Christopher Jones. He joins the Firm’s Brussels office as a Principal on 1 October 2018.

Christopher was Deputy Director for Energy following a career spanning more than 30 years at the European Commission. He was previously Deputy Head of the Cabinet for the Energy Commissioner and spent 18 years designing and implementing Europe’s energy policy.

Christopher is also an expert on competition policy having spent 11 years in the European Commission’s DG Competition where he occupied key positions in the Cabinet of the Energy Commissioner dealing with mergers and antitrust, and as personal Policy Assistant to two Directors General. More >>

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Kaarli H. Eichhorn has joined the Firm’s Antitrust & Competition Law Practice as a partner and will be based in its Brussels Office. More >>

Dechert LLP, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that it has bolstered its antitrust/competition group in Brussels with the arrival of a team led by partner Alec Burnside and includes Anne MacGregor, Marjolein De Backer and Adam Kidane. The group was previously with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. More >>

Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to welcome Monika Kuschewsky as a partner in the firm’s global Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Group, and a member of the Intellectual Property & Technology Practice. Ms. Kuschewsky will be based in Brussels, where she has practised since 2000, most recently at Covington & Burling LLP. More >>

International law firm Simmons & Simmons announces the expansion of their Brussels office with a team of Belgian lawyers including the appointment of a new partner and of counsel. More >>

The global law firm Jones Day has announced the arrivals of partners Ferdinand Brughmans (Projects & Infrastructure) and Matthieu Duplat (Capital Markets) to the Firm’s Brussels Office, adding valuable experience and depth to the Firm’s Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, and Project & Infrastructure practices. More >>

Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Bart Vanderstraete as a partner in the Global Corporate Practice in Brussels. Mr. Vanderstraete joins from the Brussels office of Clifford Chance where he has been in practice for more than 16 years. More >>

In a further move to anchor the firm’s position as a key Global Competition player, Sheppard Mullin has announced the hire of partners Isabelle Rahman and Wim Vandenberghe who will join the recently established EU Competition and Regulatory practice in Brussels. More >>