King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin (KWMSJB) yesterday (30 April) announced the hire of former Allen & Overy antitrust and competition partner Martin Bechtold to its Frankfurt office, as globally the Sino-Pacific-UK giant promoted a total of 26 lawyers to partner, including nine in Europe.
Bechtold, who before A&O in 2006 was a partner at Clifford Chance, has over 30 years’ competition experience, covering areas such as German and EU competition law and antitrust litigation, along with general competition counselling, advisory and compliance work.
