Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Antitrust attorney Frances Murphy joins Bingham, (Oct 21, 2013)

Antitrust and competition attorney Frances Murphy has joined Bingham McCutchen LLP as a partner in its Antitrust, Competition, and Trade Regulation Practice Group, the law firm announced today. Murphy will work out of the firm’s London office.

Murphy has joined Bingham from Jones Day LLP, where she headed the firm’s London Competition Practice. Murphy possesses extensive experience with the representation of clients in contentious and non-contentious European Union and domestic competition matters, including matters involving cartels, dawn raids, dominance, pricing, discounts, promotions, parallel trade, and refusals to supply. She has represented clients in proceedings before the European Commission, the E.U. General Court, the European Court of Justice, the United Kingdom Office of Fair Trading, the U.K. Competition Commission, the U.K. Competition Appeals Tribunal, and the U.K. High Court. She also has considerable experience with mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, joint ventures, and the licensing of intellectual property rights. Her antitrust experience covers a range of industries, including aviation, maritime shipping, grocery, insurance, media, pharmaceuticals, and construction.

Murphy received a Diploma in Intellectual Property Law from Queen Mary College, University of London, in 1998, her Law Society Finals from The College of Law, London in 1985, and a B.A. from Queen Mary College, University of London, in 1984.

Bingham McCutchen LLP is an international full-service law firm with approximately 1,000 attorneys in 14 offices in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Its antitrust group has more than 80 attorneys in the U.S., U.K., and Asia.

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