Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has recruited Ali Nikpay, the head of the cartel and criminal enforcement division at the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), in a double hire for the firm’s City antitrust and competition group.

Nikpay, (pictured), who has spent nine years at the OFT including a brief stint as acting general counsel, will join the US firm’s London office on 15 April as head of the competition practice.