Linklaters competition partner Michael Cutting is set to leave the firm to join the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal as an ordinary member. He has been a partner at Linklaters since 1995 and led the firm’s competition team between 2011 and 2015. He is set to leave Linklaters in April 2018, before taking up his new role in October 2018. The firm’s senior partner Charlie Jacobs said: “Michael will be greatly missed and he leaves with our utmost thanks for the outstanding contribution that he has made to the firm over the years. It is testament to the strength of our competition practice that Michael has been appointed to a prestigious role within the Competition Appeal Tribunal.”
Clifford Chance global litigation head Jeremy Sandelson is stepping down at the end of 2017. He has spent two terms in the role since 2009. He will remain a partner in the practice, alongside doing other projects, which are yet to be confirmed. He told Legal Week that he does not plan to run for another leadership position, despite a report by Roll on Friday suggesting he is in line for the senior partner role once Malcolm Sweeting steps down in 2018. He said: “I am stepping down from the leadership of the practice but I have no plans to run for another leadership role.”
