Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Competition lawyer Stephen Crosswell joins Baker & McKenzie in Hong Kong, (Sep 2, 2014)
Law Firms Mentioned:Baker & McKenzie
Organizations Mentioned:Clifford Chance, LLP
Baker & McKenzie has strengthened its competition practice in China, with the addition of Stephen Crosswell as a partner in the Hong Kong office. He joins the firm from Clifford Chance, where he served as head of the Antitrust & Competition Practice in Hong Kong and coordinated the overall practice in Asia.
Crosswell focuses his practice on transactional and advisory competition law issues for a variety of local and international corporate clients. He has been in a number of high-profile cases with a particular emphasis on telecommunications and media, energy (oil and gas, electricity), infrastructure, property, and retail sectors, according to a Baker & McKenzie announcement.
“We are seeing huge demand for deep antitrust expertise in Hong Kong and China from the firm’s multinational clients and so the addition of an antitrust partner of Stephen’s caliber is an extremely welcome development,” said Samantha Mobley, head of Baker & McKenzie’s Global Antitrust & Competition group, which has more than 300 lawyers in 53 offices located in 44 countries.
Baker & McKenzie is a global law firm with more than 4,200 locally-admitted lawyers in 76 offices in 47 countries.
Attorneys: Stephen Crosswell and Samantha Mobley (Baker & McKenzie)
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