People

Overview

Hugh Hollman has more than 20 years of experience as a private practitioner, in-house counsel and regulator in the U.S., EU, Middle East, and Africa that gives him a deep understanding of regulatory regimes in each of those regions to effectively and efficiently meet the business objectives of his clients and help achieve successful outcomes in transactional, investigatory, and litigation matters.

Hugh advises on the full range of competition and foreign direct investment matters. He has significant experience in obtaining regulatory clearances for transactions across the globe and managing conduct-related matters, litigating civil antitrust cases, and developing internal compliance programs. The Legal 500 (2024) noted that Hugh is “distinguished for his work on global merger reviews.”

Hugh's government experience includes serving as the Attorney Advisor to William Kovacic, a former Chair and Commissioner at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Commissioner Kovacic told Global Competition Review (2024) that Hugh was “brilliant in all phases of his work at the FTC. He has a broad and deeply informed perspective of the wider global environment, which will serve him well. I cannot think of a better young attorney in the world than Hugh.”

Hugh is a frequent speaker at international conferences and regularly publishes in peer-reviewed antitrust journals. He is an advisor to the Business at OECD Competition Committee, a Non-Governmental Advisor to the International Competition Network, a member of the International Bar Association's Antitrust Section's Merger Working Group, and serves on the editorial boards of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law's Antitrust Magazine, and Oxford University Press's Journal of Antitrust Enforcement. He is a member of the Brussels Bar, a member of bars in the United States (New York and Washington D.C.), England and Wales, and is qualified as an Advocate in South Africa.

Admissions & Affiliations

  • District of Columbia Bar
  • Brussels Bar (b-list)
  • Qualified Solicitor, England and Wales, 2010
  • Qualified Advocate, South Africa, 1999
  • American Bar Association
  • J.D., Duke University School of Law 2005

    Managing Editor, Duke Journal of International and Comparative Law

  • Master of Laws, Duke University 2000
  • Bachelor of Laws, University of Cape Town 1998
    Dean’s Merit List
  • University of Cape Town 1995
    Hons

Experience

  • Motiva Enterprises LLC in its sale of 25 Liquid Energy Terminals to Global Partners LP for $305.8 million.*
  • Greif, Inc.’s acquisition of Ipackchem Group SAS for $538 million.*
  • e& Enterprise in its acquisition of GlassHouse, a leading Turkish-based IT infrastructure services company.*
  • e& Enterprise’s acquisition of a majority stake in P2P lending platform Beehive Group.*
  • A public petroleum and natural gas company on its investment in Poland’s refining, wholesale, and jet fuel marketing segments through a number of acquisitions from Polish oil refiner and fuel retailer PKN Orlen following its planned merger with Grupa Lotos, and on numerous other strategic transactions.*
  • SABIC in its joint venture with Fujian Petrochemical Industrial Group to build a petrochemical complex in Fujian Province, China.*
  • PepsiCo on its majority acquisition of a holding company for foodstuffs.*
  • An enterprise information management services company in InfoFort's acquisition of sole control over CBK.*

Pro Bono

  • Provided legal and social services at Bread for the City, a charity dedicated to providing residents of Washington D.C. with comprehensive services, including food, clothing, medical care, and legal and social services, in an atmosphere of dignity and respect.
  • Filed a series of amicus curiae briefs in the domestic brig detainee cases on behalf of Human Rights Watch.
  • Obtained a grant of asylum for a young woman from Guinea who had been the subject of forced genital mutilation, rape and a forced marriage. She fled Guinea on her wedding day and eventually fled to the United States.

*Prior to joining Baker Botts.


Awards and Community

Advisor, Business at OECD

United States Federal Trade Commission, Non-Governmental Advisor, International Competition Network

Editorial Advisory Board, Antitrust Magazine, American Bar Association

Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Antitrust Law Enforcement, Oxford University Press