Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, INDUSTRY NEWS: European competition attorney Georg Berrisch joins Baker Botts, (Sep 3, 2013)
Organizations Mentioned:Baker & Botts, LLP | Covington & Burling, LLP | Ryanair
European competition and trade attorney Dr. Georg M. Berrisch has joined Baker Botts L.L.P. as a partner in its Brussels office, the law firm has announced.
Berrisch has joined Baker Botts from the Brussels office of Covington & Burling LLP, where he was a partner. He has represented clients in a wide range of antitrust and competition matters, including mergers, cartels, abuse of dominance, and state aid, and has appeared before the European Commission, the Court of Justice, the General Court of the EU, and other EU institutions. In nearly 200 cases during the past several years, he has represented clients before the Court of Justice and the General Court of the EU on a range of matters including antitrust, trade, life sciences regulation, consumer protection and passenger rights, access to documents under the EU Transparency regulation, and EU constitutional law. He currently represents Ryanair in its appeal against the EU Commission merger control decision earlier this year prohibiting it from acquiring control of Aer Lingus.
Berrisch possesses an L.L.M from McGill University and a Doctorate in Law from the University of Passau. He is a member of the Permanent Delegation of the CCBE to the European Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance of the European Communities (the CCBE is the official representation of the bars and law societies in the EU Member States), the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht (German Antitrust Lawyers Association), and the Advisory Board to the editors of the EuZW, the leading German legal publication on EU economic law.
Baker Botts LLP is an international full-service law firm, with approximately 700 attorneys located in offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, Brussels, London, Moscow, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Riyadh, Austin, Dallas, Houston, New York, Palo Alto, and Washington. Its global antitrust team has more than 50 attorneys. Berrisch’s accession to the firm follows the arrival of Brussels partners Catriona Hatton and Paul Lugard, who opened the firm’s Brussels office last September.
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