Tim Hirsch is a General Counsel at CaaStle (New York). Before that he was in-house counsel at MasterCard (New York). Prior to joining MasterCard, Mr. Hirsch was an associate at Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider, in the New York’s office antitrust group. His practice focused on merger analysis and antitrust counseling. Mr. Hirsch also practiced competition law in Brussels and Paris for several years. He worked on various antitrust matters including premerger notifications, cartel investigations, antitrust litigation as well as internal compliance. He gained experience in the supermarket, aviation, chemicals, energy, animal health and transport industries. Mr. Hirsch received an LL.M from Cornell Law School in 2008 where he was a Fulbright Scholar. He received a B.A in law from Cambridge University in 2007 as well as a Maîtrise en droit from the Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas. He is fluent in French and Dutch.
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