Baker Botts Opens Brussels Office; Enhances Global Reach of Antitrust and Competition Law Practice

Baker Botts Opens Brussels Office; Enhances Global Reach of Antitrust and Competition Law Practice PR Newswire BRUSSELS, Sept. 5, 2012 - Catriona Hatton, Paul Lugard to Launch Firm's International Expansion in Europe BRUSSELS, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker Botts L.L.P. announced the opening of a Brussels office today in a move that will enhance the global reach of its antitrust and competition law practice. Highly-regarded European Union lawyer Catriona Hatton has joined the firm as Partner in Charge of the Brussels office, and Paul Lugard, a well-known competition law expert, has joined the firm as a Partner in Brussels. "Adding Brussels reinforces a strategic decision we made last year to expand our Antitrust practice internationally," said Baker Botts Managing Partner Andrew M. Baker. "Catriona and Paul bring to the firm decades of experience working at the highest levels of European competition law and policy. They join our highly-regarded group of antitrust lawyers who have a strong record of involvement in international antitrust and competition law matters, including matters before the European Commission and Member States." Ms. Hatton comes to Baker Botts from Hogan Lovells where she served as managing partner of that firm's Brussels office. She has an extensive record advising clients on EC and member state competition law aspects of major mergers in all sectors of the economy.