Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, INDUSTRY NEWS: Former Visa Europe General Counsel Vanessa Turner Joins Allen & Overy, (Jun 19, 2013)
Organizations Mentioned:Allen & Overy, LLP | Asia Pacific | Federal Trade Commission | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, LLP | Microsoft
Vanessa Turner, former General Counsel of Visa Europe, has joined Allen & Overy LLP as a partner in its global antitrust practice, the law firm has announced. Turner will work out of the firm’s Brussels office.
At Visa Europe, Turner held positions as General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Company Secretary, and served on the executive management committee, Visa Europe’s most senior internal decision-making body. In those roles, she managed all legal issues within the region, and engaged in external relations.
Prior to joining Visa Europe, she served as a special advisor for the Office of International Affairs of the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C. and New York. As a member of the Cabinet of the European Union Commissioner for competition policy, Neelie Kroes, before her work for the FTC, Turner advised the Commissioner on a range of antitrust and merger cases and policy, including the Microsoft browser case and other leading cases, mergers, and cartels. She previously was a partner in the law firm of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. At Allen & Overy, Turner will advise European and international clients dealing with EU and other regulators on merger clearance, cartels and other antitrust and competition matters.
"She brings a wealth of experience from the European Commission and the financial services sector,” said Dirk Arts, head of Allen & Overy's Brussels antitrust practice. “Vanessa will boost the capacity of our Brussels team, as part of our global network, to coordinate and handle issues relating to multi-jurisdictional transactions and cartel investigations."
"The combination of Vanessa's EU internal experience and the DOJ background of John Terzaken, who joined us last year, gives us a unique perspective on regulatory issues and substantially enhances our global mergers and cartel capability,” added Oliver Fréget, co-head of Allen & Overy's global antitrust group.
Turner received a BSc (Hons) from the University of Surrey, and a Masters from the Institut d’Etudes Europeennes, Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
Allen & Overy is an international law firm with over 5,000 staff, including over 500 partners, in 42 offices located in 29 countries. Its antitrust practice has over 100 antitrust specialists in 19 countries across Europe, the United States, and the Asia-Pacific region.
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