Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields names antitrust attorneys Mary Lehner, Katrin Gassner as partners, (Apr 1, 2016)

Global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed attorneys Mary Lehner and Katrin Gassner as partners in the firm’s Antitrust, Competition and Trade practice, effective May 1. Lehner is located in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and Gassner is based in the firm’s Düsseldorf office, the firm announced.

Lehner focuses her practice on representing clients before the Justice Department, the FTC, and state attorneys general with regard to the antitrust aspects of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, distribution, competitive conduct, and intellectual property. She represents clients in the airline, construction, energy, health care, publishing, and technology sectors.

Similarly, Gassner focuses her antitrust practice on merger control law and cartel law, on the German and European level. She also provides clients with compliance advices with regard to internal and external investigations, the set-up of compliance structures, and training.

Freshfields is an international law firm with more than 2500 lawyers located in 27 offices across the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Europe, and Africa.

Attorneys: Mary Lehner and Katrin Gassner (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer).

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