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GCR AwARds 2011
In September 2010, Global Competition Review asked readers to nominate the
landmark matters and the most outstanding individuals of the year. The response
was fantastic. We received hundreds of nominations from firms, individuals and
government agencies in almost every jurisdiction we cover.
The editorial team at GCR then spent weeks
consulting widely and debating over which nominations should make it to the final cut.
In November, we posted a shortlist on the
GCR website and asked readers to cast their votes online for which matters, firms and
individuals they considered the best of the best. Again, the response was astonishing – more than 1,500 of the world’s leading
antitrust counsel, economists and academics took the time to cast their vote.
The winners were announced on 4 February
at a charity dinner in South Beach, Miami, in conjunction with GCR’s Antitrust Law
Leaders Forum. All proceeds from the awards dinner were donated to the Swawou
Layout Primary School for Girls in Sierra Leone, which is sponsored by GCR’s parent
company, Law Business Research.
In this special awards issue, we profile the award winners and take a look at the Miami event. We also profile the 10 recipients of the
GCR Lifetime Achievement Award, all of whom have made outstanding contributions to the field of competition during their long
and illustrious careers.
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an extract from the Global Competition Review, vol 14, issue 3, march 2011
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M&A TrAnsAcTion of The YeAr – AsiA-PAcific, Middle eAsT & AfricA
Winneropposition to bHp billiton/rio tinto joint venture
Finalistsopposition to bHp billiton/rio tinto joint venturepanasonic/sanyogoogle/Yahoo Japan (as a technology licensing transaction only)
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an extract from the Global Competition Review, Vol 14, Issue 3, March 2011
Counsel to the opposition consortium:Nippon Steel Corporation
Executive director sohichiroh sakuma, head of legal department shozo Furumoto, Kumiko Nibun (legal department)
JFE Steel CorporationLegal staff manager Nakaba akimoto
Sumitomo Metal IndustriesLegal department manager Yasuto Imai
Kobe Steelchief corporate counsel Yasushi Okubo
Nisshin SteelYukata sumii (legal department)
Australia• gilbert + Tobin
Partners Luke woodward and Elizabeth avery in sydney
Economics• competition Economists group
Tom Hird and daniel Young
EU • Van Bael & Bellis
Partners Porter Elliott and Jean-François Bellis, assisted by Johan Van acker
Economics• Frontier Economics
James Harvey and Julia dietrich
Germany• Van Bael & Bellis
Partners Porter Elliott, Jean-François Bellis and Monica Kuschewsky and counsel stephanie reinart in Brussels, assisted by Johan Van acker
Japan• Nishimura & asahi
Partner Kozo Kawai in Tokyo
Economics• NEra Economic consulting
Nobuo Mori
Korea• Bae Kim & Lee
Partners Keum seok Oh and seong Un Yun in seoul
US• Hunton & williams LLP
Partners Bruce Hoffman and Tom Hughes in washington, dc
Economics• NEra Economic consulting
steven Olley and ramsey shehadeh
Counsel to Eurofer, intervener:In-house• general director gordon Moffat
• Mayer Brown LLPPartner Jens Peter schmidt in Brussels, assisted by arantzazu golderos