
European competition veteran James Venit is to leave Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom to join Dentons in Brussels after 16 years at the US firm.
Venit (pictured) joins as Dentons’ European competition and antitrust practice as a partner following his retirement from Skadden, where he was co-head of antitrust and competition in Europe. He joined Skadden in 2000, moving from legacy WilmerHale. Prior to this he was a lawyer with French firm SG Archibald.