US firm Squire Sanders & Dempsey and UK firm Hammonds merged in November 2010 to create Squire Sanders Hammonds. The result in EU competition is that the firm has an eight-partner team based in Brussels, London, Frankfurt and Paris, as well as a strong global network....
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US firm Squire Sanders & Dempsey and UK firm Hammonds merged in November 2010 to create Squire Sanders Hammonds. The result in EU competition is that the firm has an eight-partner team based in Brussels, London, Frankfurt and Paris, as well as a strong global network.
In high profile roles in 2010-2011, current partners of the firm acted, in the legacy teams, on a number of merger, cartel and state aid deals.
In 2011 the firm was active advising a global player in the Commission's investigation into the LCD screen market and helping Lan Cargo and Lan Airlines to appeal fines related to the commission's air freight investigation. Other clients in cartel work included compressor manufacturer Teumseh and Carpenter & Co, which it advised in the polyurethane foam cartel.
On the merger side, the firm was involved in Lotte's acquisition of parts of Cadbury's business and Metinvest in its $2 billion acquisition of Ukraine's largest finished steel producers.
The firm also has strong competency in state aid, where it recently acted for Mediaset, US/Russian joint-venture International Launch Services and Slovakian distillery Frucona.
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