Hogan Lovells was formed in May 2010 following the merger of Hogan & Hartson and Lovells and the competition team has a global partnership of 45, growing by three over the past year. The firm has a number of key regular clients, among them Alstom....
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Hogan Lovells was formed in May 2010 following the merger of Hogan & Hartson and Lovells and the competition team has a global partnership of 45, growing by three over the past year. The firm has a number of key regular clients, among them Alstom.
"Very good service, very happy to work with them, we now do all our EU comp law with them," says one client. One client, for whom the firm obtained 13 notifications worldwide, says the team's "work was of excellent quality".
"It is a very good team of very high quality lawyers," says another client, "it is very dedicated and makes a great effort to know your business." Brussels-based Jacques Derenne "knows perfectly well his business, he has got the right connections, knows when to pull strings and when it is needed to do that... [and was] very involved in what our company is about", says a client. Counsel Alix Müller-Rappard also receives commendations.
The firm, led by Derenne and Müller-Rappard, advised Alstom in its phase one merger clearance for its acquisition of the transmission's business of Areva T&D form Areva. Another deal saw Derenne, Christopher Thomas and others successfully defend Korean Air in an investigation into air cargo carriers.
In a third deal, Brussels partner Matthew Levitt led a global team to advise Citi Infrastructure Investors on its $1.5 billion acquisition in DP World's Australian shipping business.
Active practitioners on the highest profile mandates also included Warsaw-based Robert Gago, Düsseldorf's Martin Sura and Suyong Kim.
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