Antitrust lawyers
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Nicolas Thompson
Nicolas (Nick) Thompson is a partner in the Government, Regulatory and Internal Investigations Practice Group in the Houston and Washington, D.C., offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He has extensive experience representing clients in matters involving the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other government agencies. Nick represents businesses in virtually every major industry, including the healthcare, energy and finance sectors. He regularly advises clients on legal and compliance issues arising under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other corporate criminal laws, such as antitrust and securities laws. Nick conducts internal investigations around the world, including in Asia, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Australia and North America. He speaks fluent Spanish and French and often conducts investigations in those languages. As an experienced civil litigator, Nick defends clients in civil litigation and associated investigations that often run parallel with the criminal matters he handles. He is particularly skilled in civil litigation involving the False Claims Act. He maintains an active pro bono practice, focusing on advocating for school children with special needs to receive the educational assistance to which they are entitled. A graduate of Yale Law School, Nick was a Notes Editor on the Yale Law Journal and served as a law clerk to Judge Steven Colloton of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Before law school, Nick worked as a consultant at Bain & Company in the United States and France advising business leaders.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Nicolas Zacharie
Nicolas Zacharie specialises in European and French Competition Law work, especially the aspects relating to merger regulations, anticompetitive practices (horizontal agreements/cartels, vertical agreements and abuse of a dominant position) as well as in State Aid. He represents his clients before the European Commission and the French Competition Authority and before European and national jurisdictions. Nicolas Zacharie has been involved in a number of complex national and cross-border transactions. He advised in particular Sanofi during a tentative joint venture with Merck regarding their animal health business and he currently works on the major asset swap whereby Boehringer Ingelheim’s Consumer Healthcare business would be transferred to Sanofi in exchange for Sanofi’s animal health business. He also regularly advises large groups and investment funds. Nicolas Zacharie also advises clients in the field of anticompetitive practices by providing guidance during the implementation of commercial strategies (such as Sanofi, Sanofi-Pasteur and AXA as regards cooperation and joint ventures) and in the implementation of compliance programmes. He contributes within the framework of their disputes (notably PSA and Sanofi). He has also assisted several clients when competition authority dawn raids have been carried out and during the procedural steps which follow thereafter, including within the framework of leniency procedures. As regards to State Aid, he has advised several large groups such as the Caisse des Dépôts or Engie. Nicolas Zacharie lectures in Competition Law at the Paris Dauphine University, at Sciences Po and frequently organises training seminars for his clients
Linklaters
Nicole Bergstrom
Nicole Bergstrom is a partner in Proskauer's Litigation Department and a member of the Antitrust, Appellate and Intellectual Property Groups. Nicole focuses her practice on complex commercial disputes. She advises and advocates for clients in high-stakes matters involving breach of contract, business torts, antitrust, false advertising, copyright, right of publicity, defamation, and a range of reputational and regulatory challenges. Widely regarded for her strategic approach and litigation acumen, Nicole excels at navigating intricate legal and factual issues across diverse industries. Her client base spans corporations, media organizations, advertising agencies, manufacturers and creative professionals. Nicole brings substantial experience in managing litigation at both the trial and appellate levels, in state and federal courts.
Proskauer Rose LLP
Nicolás Brause
Nicolás Brause is a Partner in the Montevideo office, where he leads the Dispute Resolution team.
Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga
Nina Fischer
Nina is a Managing Associate in the firm’s Middle East financial markets and financial services regulatory practices. She has experience advising leading asset managers on the provision of cross-border financial services across the GCC as well as advising on general DIFC regulatory matters. Nina is also part of the firm’s FinTech practice and advises on the application of the regulatory framework in the nascent FinTech space. Nina’s previous experience includes advising on a range of transactional and behavioural antitrust cases. This includes advising on multi-jurisdictional merger control requirements in global merger and acquisition transactions and antitrust investigations by the European Commission and the UK regulator. Nina also assisted in advising on transactions and regulatory requirements in the areas of debt capital markets and structured finance. She previously worked in London and Hong Kong. Most recently Nina spent a year on secondment at an international payment services provider in London advising on a range of regulatory and antitrust matters. In particular, she advised different lines of business on their compliance with payment services regulation.
Simmons & Simmons Middle East LLP
Ning-Ly Seng
Partner
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Noah Phillips
Noah Joshua Phillips is Co-Chair of Cravath's Antitrust Practice and previously served as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). He advises clients on a range of antitrust issues, including mergers and acquisitions, business conduct and compliance, litigation and investigations, consumer protection, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity and data privacy.
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Néstor Velasco
Nestor has extensive experience in antitrust law, as well as in corporate and transactional law, where he has focused his practice for over 7 years. He has participated in several merger notification filings and absolute and relative monopolistic practices investigations before the Federal Antitrust Commission, being involved in complex matters that have even won or been nominated for the Global Competition Review's matter of the year award. During his practice he has advised Mexican and international clients in foreign investment matters, mergers and acquisitions, in the drafting and negotiation of their contracts in Mexico, as well as in the legal and corporate activities of their Mexican subsidiaries. Nestor is a member of the International Comments & Policy Committee de la ABA Antitrust Law Section.
TA Trujillo Abogados
Olaniyi Solebo
Associate - Litigation and Investigations
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Oleg Egorov
Oleg is an associate in Morgan Lewis's Moscow office who counsels clients in corporate matters involving capital markets, regulatory issues, and general civil law. His experience includes mergers and acquisitions and related antitrust issues, due diligence projects, and finance transactions. His clients span various industries, including telecommunications, information technology, energy, and automotives. Before joining Morgan Lewis, Oleg trained in the Moscow offices of US- and German-based international law firms. For more information, view Oleg's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/oegorov
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Olivia Adendorff
Olivia Adendorff is a litigation partner in the Dallas and Washington, D.C., offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. She has broad experience in consumer protection, data privacy, false advertising and antitrust matters, with particular experience in FTC investigations and consumer class actions. She defends corporations in a wide variety of industries, including Fortune 500 pharmaceutical and technology companies. Olivia has acted as trial and appellate counsel in both individual and class action suits involving claims in various practice areas, including data privacy, consumer protection statutes, antitrust, ESG, and complex commercial disputes. In addition, Olivia also advises companies on consumer protection, data privacy, and antitrust compliance concerns.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Ombline Ancelin
Ombline Ancelin is the lead Competition partner in the Paris office at Simmons & Simmons. Her practice encompasses the full range of competition law, including merger control, anti-competitive practices, distribution and franchising, and also EU general law and consumer law. She also regularly advises on foreign investment control issues. She represents clients at both national and international levels, in antitrust investigations and litigation in several sectors with a particular in-depth knowledge in the life sciences, TMT, energy, fast-moving consumer goods sectors. She works on both advisory and contentious matters, and litigates before the French Competition Authority, the Paris Court of Appeal and Commercial Courts. Moreover, she regularly advises clients on their commercial policies and the organization of their distribution networks across Europe. She assists clients during competition inspections and conducts internal audits as part of her work on competition compliance. Ombline has been acknowledged among the “40 in their 40s Notable Women Competition Professionals in Europe” in 2019 by the platform for women competition professionals W@Competition. In 2021, she was elected as vice-president of the “Competition Commission” of ICC France.
Simmons & Simmons
Pablo Márquez
Partner at Veria Asesores
Veria Asesores
Paloma Martínez-Lage
Paloma is a partner in the Madrid office. She has over two decades’ experience gained both in‐house in the Corporate Affairs and Regulatory department of a mobile operator in Spain and in private practice at a Spanish Competition boutique law firm. Paloma has been recommended as a leading professional by various legal directories, including Chambers Europe, Legal 500 and Who's Who Legal Iberia. According to Chambers & Partners, clients appreciate that Paloma is "dedicated, hardworking, and pays a lot of attention to detail" (Europe Guide, 2018). Paloma's practice is focused on Spanish and EU Competition law with a deep knowledge of regulation, in particular in the telecom and energy sectors. She has wide experience in antitrust infringement procedures and damages claims, antitrust compliance, internal audits and preventive counselling in a broad variety of sectors, as well as merger control, working for private companies and public entities alike.
Baker McKenzie
Parker Miller
Parker supports his clients’ business objectives by leading their antitrust litigation and protecting their IP. He works with his clients to develop strategy while also protecting their budget. He assists industry-leading companies with antitrust and competition law issues in mergers and complex civil litigation matters, particularly those with antitrust enforcement and antitrust civil litigation. Parker advocates for clients accused of anticompetitive conduct in the U.S. and globally, leading teams that respond to government and private plaintiff scrutiny of strategic mergers and acquisitions. He counsels clients on antitrust compliance and potential litigation issues by using a reasonable approach to antitrust risk. Parker also assists clients who are victims of anticompetitive conduct by marketplace participants.
Alston & Bird LLP
Patricia-Ann T. Prodigalidad
MANAGING Partner
Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz Law Offices (ACCRALaw)
Patrick C. English
Patrick English advises clients on merger control matters, particularly involving the healthcare industry and premerger notification analysis. Patrick leverages a particular knowledge and passion for the healthcare industry and a nuanced understanding of the regulatory space to guide companies — especially those in the pharmaceutical, life sciences, and medical device sectors — on: Merger control proceedings before the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Premerger notification analysis, including under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Internal investigations and compliance programs He helps clients strategically navigate an evolving antitrust regulatory landscape, while evaluating risk and anticipating issues before they compromise a transaction. Patrick devises creative solutions that allow his clients’ commercial visions to become reality. A recognized leader both within the firm and in his field, Patrick has served on Latham’s Recruiting Committee, as Local Co-Leader and Global Co-Leader of the LGBTQ+ Affinity Group, and on the Pro Bono Committee. Over the last decade serving in the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Section, he has been Co-Chair of the Membership, Diversity & Inclusion (MD&I) Committee and supported the Section’s Mentoring and Law Student Ambassador programs. In addition, Patrick has served as the leader of the Section’s LGBTQ+ Squad, a Vice Chair of MD&I Committee, a Vice Chair of the Health Care and Pharmaceuticals Committee, and as Young Lawyer Representative for the Health Care and Pharmaceuticals Committee. He maintains a significant and varied pro bono practice involving multiple areas, including immigration, Social Security benefits, expungements, and human rights. Patrick also serves as Whitman-Walker Health pro bono liaison at Latham. He is a longstanding advocate for Whitman-Walker, having previously held roles as Co-Chair of both the Whitman Walker Health Walk to End HIV Legal Community Campaign and the Steering Committee for Whitman-Walker’s Going the Extra Mile event. In addition to his pro bono work, Patrick was elected to the D.C. Bar Board of Governors in 2023. Before law school, Patrick spent three years with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in its Bureau of Competition, where he focused on mergers in the healthcare and life sciences sectors. He has also served as a Research Fellow for the American Antitrust Institute.
Latham & Watkins
Patrick Hubert
Partner
Orrick
Patrick Watson
Partner - Litigation and Investigations
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Paul Ackerman
Partner
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Paul B. Hewitt
Paul Hewitt is the former long-time head of Akin’s U.S. antitrust/competition practice and has more than 40 years of experience litigating and advising on complex, high-stakes antitrust matters. Paul’s practice focuses on providing antitrust and Hart-Scott-Rodino representation regarding mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures. He has provided antitrust representation in involving a broad range of industries and products including oil, natural gas and NGL extraction, processing, refining, transportation and storage, electricity generation, specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, health care services, construction materials, agricultural processing and retail food products, shipping, computer software, intellectual property, motion picture exhibition, commodity trading, defense contracting, advertising, and waste management. To learn more about Paul, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/paul-b-hewitt.html
Akin
Paul Barrs
Counsel - Litigation and Investigations
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Paul Cuomo
Partner
Baker Botts L.L.P.
Paul F. Schuster
Paul Schuster represents healthcare providers on a range of litigation and regulatory matters, including contractual disputes, statutory violations, industry regulations, business torts and class actions. He also has extensive experience representing clients in technology, antitrust, securities, owner/shareholder, consumer finance, insurance and real estate disputes. Prior to joining Bracewell, Paul was a litigation partner at an international law firm. He also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Joseph T. Sneed of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Bracewell LLP