Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Sheppard Mullin adds Isabelle Rahman, Wim Vandenberghe to EU Competition Practice, (Nov 23, 2015)

International law firm Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP has welcomed competition attorneys Isabelle M. Rahman and Wim Vandenberghe as partner and special counsel, respectively, in the firm’s newly-created EU Competition and Regulatory practice in Brussels. Both attorneys join Sheppard Mullin from Dechert.

Rahman focuses her practice on EC competition matters, representing clients in a broad array of industries, including the airline, chemical, food, and pharmaceutical areas. Serving European and international clients in Brussels, Rahman offers strategic advice concerning merger control and cartel investigations and represents clients throughout the EU investigation process.

Also concentrating his practice on EU regulatory and competition law, Vandenberghe serves as antitrust counsel on a number of matters, including abuse of dominance, anticompetitive business practices, and state aid issues. He represents clients in the chemical, electronic equipment, natural resources, pesticide, tobacco, and waste industries.

“We have made a decisive move to bring together a superb team of EU competition and regulatory lawyers to offer our growing international client base a practice with an extraordinary depth of experience and breadth of qualifications,” stated Sheppard Mullin chairman Guy N. Halgren in a November 23 press release. “The addition of Isabelle and Wim further demonstrates our commitment to serve our clients at the top level of EU competition.”

Sheppard Mullin is a global 100 law firm with 740 attorneys in 15 offices located in Beijing, Brussels, Century City, Chicago, Del Mar, London, Los Angeles, New York, Orange County, Palo Alto, San Diego, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, and Washington, D.C.

Attorneys: Isabelle M. Rahman and Wim Vandenberghe (Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP)

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