Corporate Representation

• Managed all domestic and international antitrust issues and provided counsel for a multinational corporation in its $20.7 billion acquisition of a leading European payments company; obtained antitrust clearance from several competition authorities, including the European Commission, and advised on all competition-related restructuring issues.
• Managed the defense for a Fortune 200 company in both U.S. federal district and appellate courts in relation to class action antitrust litigation in the ATM industry affecting over $500 billion in commerce.
• Managed the successful litigation and trial for a multinational corporation relating to numerous European antitrust claims filed against the company in the United Kingdom; after a four-month trial, the court rejected plaintiffs’ claims and found in favor of the company.
• Represented a leading manufacturer of fiber-optic communication products in its $41 billion merger with a competitor in an antitrust investigation commenced by the DOJ; convinced the DOJ to clear the merger.
• Represented an optical communications company on a $15 billion merger that combined leading manufacturers of high-technology optical communication products in an antitrust investigation before the DOJ; convinced the DOJ to clear the merger.
• Represented a significant television network in its $3 billion acquisition of a competitor in an antitrust investigation commenced by the DOJ; convinced the DOJ to clear the acquisition.
• Managed the defense for and counseled a multinational financial services company in relation to an antitrust challenge brought by the European Commission in the payments industry.
• Managed the defense for and counseled a Fortune 200 global company in relation to an antitrust class action filed by Canadian merchants alleging price fixing and other competition claims in the payments and financial services industries; secured very favorable settlement for the company.

Government Experience

• Served as lead DOJ counsel in significant antitrust investigation and litigation against several financial services corporations, challenging certain anti-steering rules as restricting competition and affecting over $50 billion in commerce.
• Served as lead DOJ trial counsel in successful antitrust action concerning certain practices and fee requirements established by a financial services company.
• Served as lead DOJ counsel in securing consent decree violation against luxury watch manufacturer.
• Served as DOJ counsel in successful antitrust investigation of a multinational corporation’s $2 billion acquisition of a manufacturer of high-technology medical equipment.
• Served as lead counsel for the FTC in its antitrust investigation of a $9 billion acquisition among leading computer hardware manufacturers, which at the time was the largest acquisition in the computer hardware industry.
• Served as counsel for the FTC in its antitrust investigation and challenge of a multinational chemical company’s $11.6 billion acquisition of a competing manufacturer, which at the time was the largest acquisition in the chemical industry; secured consent decree before permitting acquisition to proceed.
• Served as counsel for the FTC in its antitrust investigation of a $33 billion proposed merger among leading manufacturers in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries; companies abandoned the deal as a result of the FTC’s investigation.
• Served as counsel for the FTC in its antitrust investigation of a $775 million proposed acquisition among leading computer parts manufacturers; companies abandoned the deal as a result of the FTC’s investigation.
• Served as counsel for the FTC in its antitrust enforcement action against leading, multinational automotive and truck parts manufacturers in relation to their consummated merger; secured resolution that required the companies to pay more than $5 million for failing to give federal antitrust enforcers advance notice of the transaction and also mandated divestiture to prevent antitrust harm.
• Served as counsel for the FTC in its antitrust investigation and challenge to a $400 million acquisition that combined leading developers of computer software used in the semiconductor industry; secured consent decree before permitting acquisition to proceed.
• Served as counsel for the FTC in its antitrust investigation of a merger between two leading manufacturers of particle beam equipment used in the semiconductor industry.