Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Alastair Mordaunt named head of Freshfields’ Hong Kong competition practice, (Mar 11, 2016)

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has bolstered its Asia competition practice with the appointment of Alastair Mordaunt as head of the firm’s competition practice in Hong Kong.

Mordaunt joins Freshfields with more than 15 years of experience as a regulator and in private practice, the firm announced. He has acted on both sides of investigations and merger filings and previously served with the U.K.’s Office of Fair Trading as Director of its Mergers Group and later as Director of a dedicated competition enforcement team.

“In terms of the global regulatory environment in competition and antitrust, Hong Kong is a very exciting place to be,” Mordaunt said. “Very rarely do companies have to come to grips with an entirely new regime in such a sophisticated market. In that sense, the Hong Kong competition regime poses some unique challenges for companies doing business in the jurisdiction.”

Freshfields is an international law firm with more than 2,500 lawyers located in 27 offices across the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Europe, and Africa.

Attorneys: Alastair Mordaunt (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer).

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