29/04/15

Clifford Chance Partner promotions

Clifford Chance has elected 25 new partners across the Clifford Chance network, including Dieter Paemen from the Brussels' office. All promotions will take effect from 1 May 2015.

Dieter has acted on some of the most high profile EU antitrust cases including the Oracle/Peoplesoft and Oracle/Sun merger clearances, the Elevator and Escalator cartel case, including the European Court appeals and follow-on damages litigation, the Samsung SEP case, and the Microsoft cases before both the Commission and the General Court in Luxembourg. He is currently advising various clients in relation to the European Commission's investigations regarding Google's search service and Android. A dual-qualified Belgian/U.S. lawyer, he also represents clients before the Belgian competition authority.

Dieter says "I look forward to continuing to build on the success of the Brussels antitrust practice and of Clifford Chance's leading and growing global antitrust practice more broadly in my new role. It's a great privilege to be part of the Clifford Chance team. The team's relentless focus on quality and on contributing to the success of its clients and its intense collegiality are strengths that I value highly and will continue to help foster."Chairman of our Global Antitrust Practice, Thomas Vinje remarks "The promotion recognises Dieter's outstanding legal skills and client experience as well as their wider contribution to the firm."

All promotions will take effect from 1 May 2015.

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