Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP (“Freshfields”) announced today that Andrew (“Andy”) J. Ewalt, former Counsel to the Director of Litigation of the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (“DOJ”), has joined as a partner in the firm’s global antitrust litigation practice. Andy’s appointment will bolster the firm’s US antitrust litigation offering in Washington, DC and follows the arrival of leading US antitrust litigator Eric Mahr from the DOJ in February of this year. More >>

Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international law firm today announced that Maureen K. Ohlhausen has joined the firm, and will become a partner and a Co-Chair of the global Antitrust Practice effective January 1, 2019. More >>

Eric B. Bruce, a former high ranking official in the US Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and one of the country’s leading white collar lawyers, has joined Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP (“Freshfields”) as a partner in Washington, DC. His addition enhances the firm’s global dispute resolution offering and strengthens Freshfields’ growing and internationally recognized global investigations and litigation practice, an integrated team that includes prominent former government prosecutors in the United States, Asia, Continental Europe and the United Kingdom. Eric spent the last nine years as a leader of Kobre & Kim LLP’s white collar criminal defense practice in its Washington, DC office. He is the latest significant addition to the team, joining recent hires Eric Mahr and Daniel Braun from the DOJ, Ben Morgan from the Serious Fraud Office in London, and Simone Kämpfer, a prominent white collar lawyer in continental Europe. More >>

Venable LLP is pleased to announce that Jared M. Stout has joined the firm as a policy advisor in the Legislative and Government Affairs Practice in the Washington, DC office. Mr. Stout advises clients on a wide array of interdisciplinary aerospace issues, including the civil, commercial, and national security space sectors. More >>

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that David Fletcher has joined the firm’s Commercial Litigation practice and Government Contracts subgroup as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. More >>

BakerHostetler announced today that Roger Brown – former sector leader for banking and capital markets clients in Ernst & Young LLP’s international tax and financial services practice, and former special counsel to the associate chief counsel of the IRS – will join the Washington, DC office as a partner in the firm’s international tax practice. More >>

Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Eric McArthur has rejoined the firm in Washington, D.C., as a partner in its Supreme Court and Appellate practice. Mr. McArthur returns to Sidley after serving as Deputy Associate Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). He will focus his practice on representing clients in appellate court proceedings as well as trial court litigation matters, particularly those involving critical motions and complex issues of constitutional, statutory and administrative law. More >>

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Branch Chief Valerie Dahiya has joined the firm’s Corporate practice as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. She joins as a member of the firm’s Blockchain Technology & Digital Currency industry group and the Investment Management practice. More >>

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Vishal Mehta has joined the firm as a partner in its Global Antitrust Law Practice based in Washington, D.C. Mr. Mehta brings a broad range of antitrust experience to Morrison & Foerster, including M&A, investigations, litigation, compliance, counseling, and public affairs. He joins the firm from Baker Botts, where he maintained a full-service antitrust practice with a focus on mergers.

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