Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Antitrust attorneys find new homes at top firms, (Mar 11, 2026)
Law Firms Mentioned:Freshfields | Hausfeld | Kirkland & Ellis | MoloLamken | NautaDutilh | O’Melveny | Stibbe | Winston & Strawn LLP
Organizations Mentioned:Kirkland & Ellis, LLP | MoloLamken, LLP | Norton Rose & Fulbright, LLP | U.S. Department of Justice | Winston & Strawn, LLP
By WK Editorial Staff
The movers included former Justice Department and the former head of the Canada Competition Bureau.
Hausfeld announced that Nima Lorjé has joined its Amsterdam office as Partner, further reinforcing the firm’s competition litigation practice. Lorjé was an active member of the competition and litigation departments of Freshfields, NautaDutilh and Stibbe.
Kirkland & Ellis announced that Matthew Galeotti joined the firm as a partner in its Litigation Practice Group, strengthening the Firm’s market-leading government, regulatory and internal investigations capabilities. Galeotti most recently served as Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he oversaw federal criminal enforcement nationwide.
Matthew Huppert, who recently served as a trial attorney and counsel to the Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, joined Winston & Strawn LLP in the Washington D.C. office. According to the firm’s March 2 announcement, Huppert brings extensive litigation experience, a deep knowledge of antitrust, and a fresh enforcement perspective, further strengthening the firm’s market leadership in litigation, antitrust, and government investigations.
O’Melveny added antitrust trial lawyers Diana Aguilar and Lauren Weinstein to the firm’s San Francisco and Washington, DC offices as partners in the Antitrust & Competition Practice Group. Aguilar joins O’Melveny from the Department of Justice, and Weinstein arrives from boutique litigation firm MoloLamken, according to the March 2 announcement.
In Canada, Matthew Boswell, the former head of the Canada Competition Bureau, joined Norton Rose Fulbright. Boswell joined the firm as a partner in its Antitrust and Competition practice, based in Ottawa. He served as Canada’s Commissioner of Competition from 2018 to 2025.
Attorneys: Nima Lorjé (Hausfeld). (Freshfields). (NautaDutilh). (Stibbe). Matthew Galeotti (Kirkland & Ellis). Matthew Huppert (Winston & Strawn LLP). Diana Aguilar and Lauren Weinstein (O’Melveny). (MoloLamken).
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