Antitrust lawyers

Ari Basser

Of Counsel

Pomerantz LLP

Ari Y. Basser

Of Counsel

Pomerantz LLP

Arianne Silva

Senior Associate

Arias

Arman Oruc

Partner

Goodwin

Arthur Burke

Partner

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Asad Ahmad

Partner

GLA & Company

Ashley Bauer

Ashley Bauer has a wide range of experience in federal and state litigation and private arbitration, including antitrust litigation and cartel investigations, white collar criminal defense, and class action litigation. Ashley's antitrust practice includes regulatory investigations and the civil class action cases that typically follow. She has represented companies in cases involving alleged violations of state and federal antitrust laws brought by direct and indirect purchasers, including claims of: Price-fixing Market allocation Monopolization Unfair competition Ashley also has extensive experience as global coordinating counsel on matters involving price-fixing investigations and private damages actions before regulators and courts in the US, Canada, Europe, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, South Korea, Singapore, and Australia. Ashley is the San Francisco Co-Chair of Latham's Women Enriching Business (WEB) program, and has served as a member of the firm's local Training and Career Enhancement and Mentoring Committees.

Latham & Watkins

Ashley E. Johnson

Ashley E. Johnson, a leading partner in Gibson Dunn’s Dallas office, is widely recognized for her exceptional command of high-stakes commercial litigation and appellate advocacy. With a reputation for strategic precision, persuasive courtroom presence, and unyielding commitment to client success, she delivers transformative results in complex disputes across Texas and beyond. From trial courts to the U.S. Supreme Court, Ashley crafts compelling arguments and sophisticated briefs that shape outcomes, earn client confidence, and set the standard for excellence in modern litigation.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Ashley Eickhof

Ashley Eickhof is a partner in the Firm's North America Antitrust & Competition Practice Group. She has a proven track record of successfully representing multinational corporations and their executives in high-stakes criminal and civil investigations by federal and state agencies, including the US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission. In 2024, Ashley was honored as a "Rising Star" by Legal 500 in both antitrust cartel and antitrust civil litigations/class action defense. Drawing upon her background as a federal prosecutor for the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice, Ashley brings invaluable insight to her clients, ensuring effective representation in the most complex legal matters. Ashley serves as Co-Chair of BakerWomen DC and is on the Steering Committee for the Firm’s Cartel Task Force.

Baker McKenzie

Ashley Kim

Associate - Litigation and Investigations

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Atif Khawaja

Atif Khawaja litigates high-stakes commercial disputes. For more than twenty years, he has tried and won bet-the-company cases across industries and subject matters—from existential disputes surrounding corporate control and investments, to multibillion dollar commercial disputes, to expansive claims of product liability, IP infringement and regulatory violation. Atif has successfully led matters in forums nationwide involving complex claims of antitrust, appraisal, breach of contract, fiduciary duty, fraud and misrepresentation, patent infringement, trade secret theft and unfair competition. Based in New York, Atif is sought out by prominent businesses across the globe when facing material U.S. litigation. He is known for pragmatic solutions, and his matters routinely garner press and public attention, including in The New York Times, Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Atsushi Izumi

Partner

Iwata Godo

Aymeric de Moncuit

Partner

Mayer Brown

Azucena Marin

Partner

Cuesta Campos y Asociados S.C.

Bambo Obaro

Co-Managing partner of Weil’s Silicon Valley office; Complex Commercial Litigation partner

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Barrett Reasoner

Partner, Gibbs & Bruns LLP

Gibbs & Bruns LLP

Barry Nigro

Barry Nigro is Chair of Fried Frank’s Global Antitrust and Competition Department. Mr. Nigro’s practice is focused on the clearance of mergers, antitrust investigations and litigation, grand jury proceedings, and compliance counseling and training. Mr. Nigro rejoined Fried Frank from the US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, where as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General he served as the second highest-ranking Division official responsible for overseeing all civil and criminal antitrust enforcement, including all major merger reviews. Previously, he served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General. While serving at the Department of Justice, Mr. Nigro played a critical role in advancing the Department's antitrust enforcement priorities and numerous policy developments, including implementation of the Procurement Collusion Strike Force, the 2020 Vertical Merger Guidelines issued in conjunction with the Federal Trade Commission, and modernization of the Department's Merger Remedies Manual and merger review process. He also served as Deputy Director for the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition, where he managed the Bureau’s merger and anticompetitive practices investigations and litigation.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Baruch Shugol

Baruch Shugol is a partner at Firon Law Firm. Baruch is one of the most seasoned, outstanding and valued attorneys in the biotech and pharmaceutical fields in Israel, and a trusted legal advisor to large-cap corporations in Israel and abroad. Over the span of the past four decades he has handled vital commercial issues in the pharmaceutical domain, some of which are considered major milestones in the global pharmaceutical industry. Baruch’s legal work encompasses all the commercial, scientific and legal elements involved in the pharmaceutical field. One of many testimonies to his work capacity is his close involvement and counsel in the Smith Kline Beecham merger with Glaxo Wellcome, one of the largest mergers in pharmaceutical history, which conceived the biggest pharmaceutical company in the world at that time. Baruch’s knowledge and proficiency span across all the commercial aspects required for the operations of pharmaceutical companies, starting with research and development, through commercial agreements and antitrust, to litigation and representation in court. Aside from providing comprehensive legal services to some of the largest and most prominent pharmaceutical companies in the world, Baruch is widely known for his strategic activity in this industry, utilizing his long-standing professional experience. Demonstrating this ability is his membership of the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Institutional Review Board (Helsinki Committee), which is responsible for clinical trials and has an overall crucial impact on the future of the pharmaceutical market. In addition, he serves as the legal counsel for "Pharma Israel", an umbrella organization of pharmaceutical source companies in Israel, which incorporates dozens of Israeli and international pharmaceutical enterprises. Furthermore, Baruch formerly served in a number of senior managerial positions in various pharmaceutical companies, including Marketing Manager of Teva’s Pharmaceutical Division. On top of Baruch’s activities in the pharmaceutical domain, he is an expert in the field of biotech, having represented a wide range of biotech companies in their local and overseas operations. Moreover, he is a leading attorney in the areas of receivership, liquidation, litigation and arbitration and over the years has been actively involved in complex proceedings thereof, representing a myriad of companies and institutions, including some of Israel’s largest banks.

Firon Law Firm

Begoña Barrantes

Clifford Chance

Beko Richardson

Partner

Boies Schiller Flexner LLP

Bela Yu Pelman

Bela is of counsel in the firm's Moscow office, she counsels clients on corporate law, regulatory compliance, and corporate governance, as well as employment law, immigration, Russian data privacy law, and mobility issues. She also advises foreign investors on corporate and compliance issues to address when establishing a presence in Russia, including setting up wholly owned subsidiaries and joint ventures, or mergers and acquisitions. Additionally, Bela works with clients on Russian corporate and commercial matters, and antitrust, securities, and currency regulation. For more information, view Bela's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/bpelman

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Belinda Lee

Belinda Lee, former Global Vice Chair of Latham’s Antitrust & Competition Practice, represents global companies in high-stakes litigation and investigations, with particular experience defending private damages actions and navigating clients through international jurisdictions. Belinda represents global companies in antitrust and complex litigation matters pending in courts throughout the United States, and before government regulators in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Belinda has extensive experience defending and advising companies in the technology, consumer products, transportation, and manufacturing industries. She has represented these companies in consumer class actions, price-fixing, monopolization, unfair competition, and licensing disputes. She has defeated class certification several times and regularly guided clients through criminal investigations that close without enforcement action. Belinda is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and serves by appointment on the Law360 Editorial Board for Competition and the Executive Committee of the Antitrust & Unfair Competition Section of the California Lawyers Association. She serves on the Board of Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus and is a frequent author and speaker on legal issues relating to expert witnesses, antitrust compliance, and law firm diversity. As the former Global Chair of Latham’s Training and Career Enhancement Committee, Belinda oversaw the formal and informal training programs for all Latham attorneys, from summer associates to senior partners. Under Belinda’s leadership, Latham’s training programs received numerous awards and accolades, including the highest possible rankings by Vault Law 100 for Informal Training, Mentoring & Sponsorship.

Latham & Watkins

Ben Thorpe

Ben Thorpe represents plaintiffs and defendants in complex trial and appellate litigation and advises corporate clients on litigation and enforcement risk. He brings experience as a trusted advisor to executives and boards, delivering efficient, targeted legal solutions. His litigation practice includes class actions and multidistrict litigation, contract disputes, business torts, and statutory claims, with a particular focus on antitrust matters. Ben has represented parties and witnesses in high-profile antitrust cases across a range of industries. Ben previously served as in-house counsel at The Home Depot, managing a litigation portfolio centered on corporate recoveries and handling compliance and investigation matters across the enterprise. In addition to his commercial and appellate practice, Ben regularly represents clients in voting rights and other public interest matters.

Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP

Benjamin Gris

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP