Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Sheppard Mullin launches EU Competition & Regulatory practice, (Oct 13, 2015)

International law firm Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP has launched its EU Competition and Regulatory practice, which will be based in the firm’s Brussels office. The practice group will be led by competition attorney Jacques Derenne. Robert Klotz and Oliver Heinisch will also be joining the practice group as partners, and Chris Guirado and Yaniss Aiche will join as Counsel.

Formerly the head of Hogan Lovells’ Brussels competition practice, Derenne has extensive experience in EU competition law. He has a successful track record in EU competition investigations and litigation, and is widely known for his expertise in State aid and broad experience working in highly regulated industries. He also teaches competition law at the University of Liège and the Brussels School of Competition.

Klotz joins from Mayer Brown and previously served 10 years in the EC’s Directorate-General for Competition. He focuses his practice on network industries, including energy, post and transport, and telecommunications. Heinisch advises on EU, UK, and German competition law, concentrating on international cartel and abuse of dominance cases. He also has substantial experience advising on the interface of intellectual property and competition law.

“With Jacques, Robert, Oliver and other new partners soon to be announced, we have brought 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 Chairman Guy Halgren.

“We are delighted to be joining Sheppard Mullin, a firm with nearly a century of prominence in US antitrust practice, as it expands into EU competition and regulatory law,” Derenne, Klotz, and Heinisch said. “We all look forward to joining an entrepreneurial Firm with a commanding presence in the US market and strong offices in China and Korea whose partners are committed to offering the same outstanding service to clients in the EU.”

Sheppard Mullin is a global 100 law firm with 700 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: Jacques Derenne, Robert Klotz, Oliver Heinisch, Chris Guirado, Yaniss Aiche, and Guy N. Halgren (Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP)

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