Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP has further reinforced its Construction Group with the addition of Eric Phillips as a partner. Phillips is the second high-profile construction lawyer with a nationwide practice to join the firm in the past two months; the firm recently added veteran construction attorney Roger Hughes.

Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that Robert Klotz (49) has joined the firm as a partner in the Antitrust and Competition practice in Brussels. Robert comes from Hunton & Williams, where he was a partner and practiced for five years. Prior to that, for a decade, he had been an official of the European Commission’s Directorate General (DG) for Competition. In this role, he was involved in important antitrust cases in the energy and telecommunication sectors.

Mayer Brown client Nestlé has agreed to buy Pfizer’s infant nutrition business for $11.85 billion, in a move to expand the company’s presence in the global baby food market. The transaction is one of the largest acquisitions announced to date in 2012. The target business has a strong presence throughout the emerging markets, particular China. The transaction remains subject to regulatory approval.

Hogan Lovells announced today that it advised Orthofix International N.V., a diversified, global medical device company focused on developing and delivering innovative repair and regenerative solutions to the spine and orthopedics markets, on its agreement to sell its sports medicine division in a $157.5 million all-cash transaction to private equity firm Water Street Healthcare Partners. The transaction is expected to close during the second fiscal quarter of 2012. Net proceeds to Orthofix from the sale of its sports medicine division will be used for the prepayment of debt as required by Orthofix’s existing credit agreement.