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Our team’s antitrust and competition strategy focuses on your business objectives while understanding that compliance and risk management are key components to thriving while navigating complex legal landscapes that can change overnight. Violations can lead to government investigations, heavy fines, civil treble-damage lawsuits, and reputational harm so our team is here to assist and help provide the guidance needed to help you achieve your goals and avoid potential risk.

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Every industry is unique. Effective antitrust strategies require combining deep knowledge of antitrust laws with practical understanding of industry-specific market conditions and the client’s unique competitive strategy. Our attorneys are well-versed and informed across many industries including agribusiness, healthcare, high tech, manufacturing, and many more.

As former enforcers, our team understands the evolving antitrust landscape and how changes in international, federal, and state enforcement impact your business. We regularly devise strategies for companies to address:

Mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic business transactions;

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Antitrust investigations by international, federal, and/or state enforcers;

Dealings with competitors, including addressing allegations of unfair business practices;

Dealings with distributors, customers, and suppliers;

Protecting intellectual property and trade secrets.

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We pride ourselves on a forward-looking antitrust strategy that integrates compliance, risk management, and business objectives. From counseling and transaction clearance to litigation and global enforcement, comprehensive antitrust services help businesses navigate complex enforcement landscapes and maintain their competitive advantage.

Our team members have litigated antitrust cases both for and against the government. During our time in government services, we were trial counsel to the FTC in multiple merger challenges. We have also represented private parties in litigation in both private disputes and against federal and state antitrust enforcers. Our recent antitrust litigation experience includes advising a non-party witness in landmark FTC challenge to alleged health care “roll up” strategy.

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Our team members have counseled clients in nationwide and global mergers to devise and implement strategies for merger clearance. We can guide clients through in-depth antitrust review on pending transactions. More importantly, we can develop a playbook to optimize a deal’s chances of early clearance without protracted review. We have obtained clearance on dozens of transactions in the healthcare, energy, retail, funeral and cemetery services industries, and many others. Our recent merger clearance experience includes:

Advised health technology company in successful acquisition of bolt on technology firm; after review, the Federal Trade Commission closed its investigation without action.

Represented health technology company as a non-party witness in the DOJ’s investigation and litigation challenge of the proposed acquisition of a health technology company by a healthcare services company’s subsidiary and successfully advocated to remove the client from the trial witness list and prevented all client documents from becoming public trial exhibits.

Developed and lead the global merger clearance strategy for a transportation industry manufacturer in a strategic, multi-billion Euro transaction; by anticipating the likely questions, the client obtained clearance during initial review periods in all reviewing jurisdictions.

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