Antitrust
Antitrust issues are rarely isolated within a single state or federal jurisdiction or agency. We represent clients facing multidimensional antitrust challenges on the transactional, regulatory, and litigation fronts, mobilizing an unmatched combination of judicial excellence, government experience, and legal, economic, and academic prowess on behalf of our clients.
Our Practice
Most firms are selected for their merger clearance work or for their cartel and litigation defense or plaintiffs work; our attorneys excel in all areas. With an extensive bench of former antitrust officials and world-class trial attorneys, our powerful team is equipped to handle matters that carry the most significant financial and reputational exposure.
Our collective antitrust litigation experience and record of favorable results are unparalleled; in fact, we recently conducted four of the nation’s largest civil antitrust trials over an 18-month period. Our top-tier antitrust litigators in New York, Washington, D.C. The US and California routinely handle the most complicated cases involving accusations of monopolization, price fixing, predatory pricing, bid rigging, exclusive dealing, and claims related to resale price, maintenance, and trade secrets. At the pre-trial level, we focus on contesting the position, defeating class certification motions, and getting dismissed. At the trial and appellate level, we are aggressive in developing the economic evidence and experience that persuades courts to reverse certification and dismiss substantive claims.
We handle high-stakes cartel actions in multiple jurisdictions, including civil and grand jury investigations by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the European Commission. We have defended automotive, electronics, sports, media and entertainment companies, and major financial institutions, among others, in connection with their most serious cartel-related matters, successfully reducing the scope of price-fixing investigations, deterring regulators to initiate actions, negotiate favorable results and litigate, when necessary.
We have one of the most prominent antitrust regulatory clearance teams in the country. Our attorneys have played leading roles in clearing high-profile mergers for decades, including the most controversial ones. Our advisory work for clients, including public and private companies, as well as private equity firms, often begins in the boardroom, where we provide advice on antitrust risk mitigation. It can be extended to the management of invasive second requests, the negotiation of regulatory agreements or the defense of transactions in court. We also regularly advise clients on comprehensive strategies when their interests are implicated in another merger in their industry.
For decades, our attorneys have played a central role in the development of antitrust case law in areas ranging from mergers to predatory pricing. Our team includes several trial attorneys with more than 30 years of courtroom experience; prominent former FTC and DOJ officials, including a former Senior Deputy Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, and one of the nation’s foremost antitrust law professors. The practice regularly earns top-tier rankings in Chambers USA, The Legal 500 US, and others.
As antitrust enforcement has gone global, so has our practice, with attorneys from our international offices and Washington, D.C., New York, California seamlessly coordinating to advise clients in Asia, Canada , Mexico and Europe on antitrust matters. Our attorneys have provided guidance to both US companies operating in Asia and Asian companies operating in the US and Europe through the litany of antitrust and competition regimes.
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