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Hong Kong: Baker & McKenzie nabs Clifford Chance antitrust attorney

By  |  September 1, 2014

Baker & McKenzie has reportedly boosted its operations in Hong Kong through a recent hire of Clifford Chance’s antitrust unit.

Reports say Clifford Chance’s Stephen Crosswell, a partner at the firm’s Antitrust & Competition practice, will join Baker & McKenzie in Hong Kong as partner. Reports say Crosswell is known as one of the leading antitrust lawyers in the region. The hire reaffirms Baker & McKenzie’s efforts to strengthen its operations in Asia, say reports.

The head of the firm’s Global Antitrust & Competition group, Samantha Mobley, said the hire is in response to “huge demand for deep antitrust expertise in Hong Kong and China.”

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