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Orrick has announced the addition of Victoria Newbold as a partner in its antitrust and competition practice in London, the firm revealed on Monday. Newbold, who brings expertise in antitrust...

In a strategic move following their merger last year, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Buckley law firms are set to combine their Washington, D.C. offices in the first quarter of...

Laura Lariu has been announced as a new partner at the law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in New York. Previously, she served as the general counsel of Relativity Space, a rocket builder. Nikita Shah and Alexandra Wood have been hired by the firm in San Francisco to expand their technology companies group. As partners, […]

Dechert announced that an elite team of antitrust practitioners is joining the firm, including partners John A. (“Jay”) Jurata, Jr. (Washington, D.C.), Russell Cohen (San Francisco) and Douglas Lahnborg (London).  “Jay, Russ and Douglas’s experience representing sophisticated technology companies in their most challenging antitrust matters, not only in the U.S. but also in the UK […]

US law firms Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Buckley are planning to merge in a deal they expect to close by the end of the month, the firms said on Thursday. The combination will create a 1,150 lawyer firm, adding about 100 lawyers from Washington, DC-founded Buckley to San Francisco-founded Orrick’s ranks. The firms said […]

Orrick named Eileen Cole of White & Case and Craig Falls of Dechert as antitrust and competition partners in Washington as the firm prepares for stepped-up actions under President Joe Biden. Antitrust has become “a greater focus of enforcement and corporate strategy” in areas such as technology and life sciences under the Biden administration, according to […]

The first company to spin out from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe’s in-house technology lab has been acquired by legal spend management startup Brightflag, the company said on Wednesday.The purchase marks a milestone for Orrick and spinout Joinder, as well as the first acquisition for Dublin, Ireland-founded Brightflag. Joinder was co-founded by former Orrick partner Don Keller, […]

Orrick announced that antitrust adviser Lars Mesenbrink has joined the firm as a partner in Düsseldorf.  “A rising star in the German and EU antitrust field, Lars brings deep experience navigating complex antitrust matters. His arrival is well timed to help us meet demand among the firm’s corporate clients,” said Oliver Duys, Co-Leader of Orrick’s […]

Orrick’s Antitrust & Competition Group has promoted two new partners: Jonathan Direnfeld in Washington, DC and Marie-Laure Combet in Paris. Ms. Combet advises on all French and European competition matters and related types of work (i.e., compliance, advisory/transactional and contentious matters). Over the years, Ms. Combet has also developed a significant experience in relation to […]

Pietro Merlino has joined the Rome office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe as a partner and head of its antitrust and competition practice. Merlino was based at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton for 19 years, where he advised on merger control, abuse of dominance, anticompetitive agreements, and distribution and licensing issues in Italy and the […]

Orrick announced the expansion of its antitrust department with the entry of partner Pietro Merlino. Coming from Cleary Gottlieb, where he was Counsel, Merlino has twenty years of experience in EU and Italian competition law. In the course of his professional activity, he worked on the application of European and Italian antitrust rules in most […]

Last week, Orrick announced that Laurent Olléon had joined the firm as a partner in their Paris Tax Practice.  Laurent has had a distinguished career over the past twenty years, serving in various roles within the Conseil d’Etat, France’s highest administrative law court. Most recently, he served simultaneously as a senior judge within the court’s […]