Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Norton Rose Fulbright names Maxim Kleine partner in Hamburg office, (Sep 11, 2014)

Norton Rose Fulbright has welcomed antitrust and competition attorney Maxim Kleine to its Hamburg, Germany office, where he will be joining as a partner. He was previously the Head of Antitrust at Oppenhoff & Partner.

Kleine focuses his practice on abuse of dominance, antitrust damages litigation, cartel work, and market investigations. He is experienced in handling cartel proceedings before the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office. In addition, Kleine is well versed in handling merger control issues, including arbitration, litigation, and the structuring of co-operations and joint ventures. The German legal directory recognizes Kleine for providing “very well-founded and high-level professional advice,” and as being “creative, very well connected, and efficient.”

“We are pleased to welcome Maxim Kleine to our Hamburg office, where he will be joining a dynamic team,” stated the head of the office, Klaus von Gierke. “Germany is becoming established amongst the key European centres for antitrust litigation, and we are certain there are manifold opportunities for Maxim to help expand our business locally, at a time when we are seeing an increased emphasis by the European Commission and national governments on encouraging private enforcement of competition law before national courts.”

“Personally, I am excited both to be changing cities and to start working in one of the world’s leading competition practices, with a focus on cross border matters,” Kleine said. “I look forward to helping further develop the German and wider global team’s offering in behavioural competition and litigation matters.”

Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm that provides corporations and financial institutions with full business law services. The firm has over 3,800 lawyers in more than 50 offices across Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa, and the Middle East. Norton Rose Fulbright’s competition practice has more than 50 partners and approximately 150 lawyers globally.

Attorneys: Maxim Kleine and Klaus von Gierke (Norton Rose Fulbright LLP)

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