Law firms Clifford Chance rebuilds competition team with plum hire from the CMA Legal Business · 19 April 2016 · 2 min read Strategic recruitment Competition Clifford Chance Just one week after losing star competition partner Alastair Mordaunt to Magic Circle rival Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Clifford Chance has hired the UK Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) director of mergers Nelson Jung as a City partner.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryRevolving Doors: Simpson Thacher launches in Singapore as Ropes, Clifford Chance build in ParisLaw firmsEliza Winter7 Apr 2026Spread of transatlantic firms in the mix on Unilever’s $45bn food business saleLaw firmsEliza Winter31 Mar 2026Sidley hits Clifford Chance for heavyweight restructuring duo as firm’s London hiring gathers paceLaw firmsWill Lewallen31 Mar 2026Paul Hastings infra pair head to Freshfields after two yearsLaw firmsAlex Ryan28 Feb 2025Gibson Dunn takes heavyweight Sullivan & Cromwell duo in major London playLaw firmsElisha Juttla27 Feb 2025Chance moment: CC doubles down on private capital, but will flurry of hires pay off?Law firmsElisha Juttla14 Feb 2025Laws of attraction – how elite firms are ramping up their talent retention tacticsLaw firmsElisha Juttla4 Nov 2024To live or die in DC – getting deals done amid US antitrust crackdownLaw firmsBarnaby Merrill26 Jun 2024The Legal 500: Competition: Close competitionLaw firmsCharles Avery29 Oct 2021