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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