Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Leading antitrust attorney Rachel Brandenburger joins Hogan Lovell, (Feb 4, 2014)
Organizations Mentioned:American Bar Association | Goodrich Corp. | Hogan Lovells, LLP | New York Stock Exchange, Inc. | U.S. Department of Justice | United Technologies Corp.
Rachel Brandenburger has joined Hogan Lovells as a Senior Advisor in the firm’s Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation (ACER) practice, the firm recently announced. Brandenburger is recognized as a leading international antitrust and competition law and policy advisor, and her addition expands the firm’s antitrust practice in the United States, Europe, and across the world.
From 2010 to 2013, Brandenburger was Special Advisor, International to the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division. She advised on many Antitrust Division matters that involved extensive cooperation efforts between the Antitrust Division and its international counterparts, including the Deutsche Boerse/NYSE transaction, the merger between United Technologies Corporation and Goodrich Corporation, the eBooks investigation, revised best practices regarding cooperation in merger investigations with the European Commission, and memoranda of understanding with the Chinese and Indian antitrust agencies.
Brandenburger was previously a partner at Freshfields in Brussels and London, where she led many cases involving investigations into mergers, anti-competitive practices, monopolization or dominant positions, and cartels before the European Commission, the UK competition and regulatory agencies, and other antitrust, competition and regulatory agencies around the world. Currently, she serves as a Non-Governmental Advisor to the International Competition Network and as a member of the International Task Force of the American Bar Association Antitrust Section, and she was previously a member of the Council of the ABA Antitrust Section.
“Rachel’s unique experience as Special Advisor, International to the US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, coupled with her experience as a leading European and UK competition lawyer and her relationships with antitrust authorities around the world, will bring tremendous value to our clients,” said ACER co-head Janet McDavid.
“Given her experience in both the U.S. and European competition law arenas, Rachel is especially qualified to help the firm further develop our leading antitrust group,” Suyong Kim, co-head of ACER, added.
Brandenburger has an M.A. in Jurisprudence from the University of Oxford, St. Hilda’s College. She is a Foreign Legal Consultant and a Qualified Solicitor in England and Wales.
Hogan Lovells is a global law firm with practice areas in corporate, finance, government regulatory, intellectual property, and litigation. The firms has over 2, 500 attorneys in more than 40 offices located in the United States, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
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