Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Baker & McKenzie bolsters global antitrust practice by hiring Dr. Werner Berg, (Dec 1, 2014)

Dr. Werner Berg has joined Baker & McKenzie’s global competition and antitrust practice as a partner in the firm’s Brussels office. He was previously with Crowell & Moring and the German firm of Gleiss Lutz.

With 18 years of experience, Berg focuses his practice on EU and German antitrust law, with a particular emphasis on merger control, complex remedy issues, and second phase procedures at the EU and German level. He also has counseled and represented companies in abuse of dominance investigations and has been involved in EC cartel investigations.

“We are delighted Werner is joining the team,” stated head of the firm’s EMEA Competition Law Practice, Fiona Carlin. “His combination of EU and German competition experience will be extremely important to our growing practice in the region. From his Brussels base, Werner will work closely with our Düsseldorf team, which is led by Christian Horstkotte and recently won the coveted JUVE 2014 Antitrust Team of the Year award.”

“I am excited to be joining a truly global firm such as Baker & McKenzie,” Berg said. “An increasing number of transactions and major investigations are cross-border, meaning clients increasingly need sophisticated multijurisdictional advice. Baker & McKenzie provides the optimal platform for such advice to be given.”

Baker & McKenzie is an international law firm with more than 4,200 attorneys in 77 offices spanning across Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and North America. The firm’s Global Antitrust and Competition practice group has more than 300 lawyers and professionals across 41 countries.

Attorneys: Werner Berg and Fiona Carlin (Baker & McKenzie)

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