Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Former EC Cartels Unit Head Kevin Coates joins Covington, (Apr 4, 2016)

Global law firm Covington & Burling LLP has welcomed Kevin Coates as a partner in the firm’s antitrust and competition practice. He joins the firm’s Brussels office from the European Commission, where he served as Head of one of the Cartels Units at the Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP), Covington has announced.

While serving with DG COMP, Coates was responsible for cartel enforcement and managed a team in handling a number of cartel cases from initial investigation through final decision. Prior to his position as Head of one of DG COMP’s Cartels Units, Coates served as head of communications at DG COMP. He also previously served as European Counsel for AOL Europe, in which he handled antitrust and telecoms regulatory issues for AOL subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and the Netherlands.

Covington is an international law firm with more than 850 attorneys located in 10 offices across the globe—Beijing, Brussels, London, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, and Washington, D.C.

Attorneys: Kevin Coates (Covington & Burling LLP).

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