Antitrust lawyers

Brian Jacobs

Brian A. Jacobs is a former federal prosecutor who represents individuals and organizations in criminal, civil, and regulatory matters, internal investigations, and appeals. His cases have involved allegations of financial fraud, antitrust violations, accounting fraud, insider trading, bribery and corruption, computer hacking, and trade-secrets theft. Brian previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, where he was Deputy Chief of Appeals. During his six and a half years at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Brian led the investigations and prosecutions of a wide range of federal crimes, including bank, wire, mail, and securities fraud, public corruption, money laundering, obstruction of justice, embezzlement, and cybercrime.

Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C.

Brian Ross

Partner, Gibbs & Bruns LLP

Gibbs & Bruns LLP

Brian Schneider

Partner

ArentFox Schiff

Brianne Kucerik

Co-Chair of Weil’s US antitrust practice

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Brice Wilkinson

Partner, Gibbs & Bruns LLP

Gibbs & Bruns LLP

Bruce McCulloch

Partner

Freshfields

Bruce McDonald

Partner

Jones Day

Bruce Olcott

Partner

Jones Day

Bruno Steneri

Bruno Steneri is a Senior Associate in the Montevideo office. He is a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution group, in addition to the Insurance and Reinsurance area and the Antitrust team. One of Bruno's main focuses is the daily advice to Banco Itaú Uruguay in the implementation of loans to the Bank's clients, in the enforcement and recovery of assets in bankruptcy proceedings and debt restructuring, assisting Banco Itaú Uruguay in numerous litigations. He has advised Banco Itaú with respect to asset recovery, obtaining a high recovery rate in several proceedings. He also participates in the restructuring of debts of the bank's clients. In antitrust matters, he participates in complaints as either a plaintiff or defendant, prepares for investigations, assists with merger notifications, and advises both sellers and buyers. In the Insurance and Reinsurance area, he advises Zurich Santander Seguros Uruguay S.A. in its daily operations in the different products offered in the market and in the drafting of the different policies so that they are adapted to the current insurance regulations and also in compliance with the provisions on consumer protection. Since 2022, he has been a member of the Lawyers' Committee of the Uruguayan Association of Insurance Companies ("AUDEA"). Additionally, he advises and defends Zurich against policyholder claims. Between 2014 and 2018, he served as an assistant to Professor Camilo Martínez Blanco in the Insolvency Law department at the University of Montevideo. In 2022, he returned to the same department as an assistant professor, and starting in 2023, he has been granted a dedicated section in the "Legal Industry Review" magazine where he writes articles on a range of insolvency-related topics. For seven years, he was a member of the "Litigation and Arbitration" team at Ferrere Abogados. During this time, he provided counsel to companies and organizations in pre-litigation negotiations and complex litigation. His responsibilities included analyzing and selecting strategies, planning, preparing legal briefs, and executing agreements. Additionally, he has been involved in various arbitration proceedings, such as those related to commercial, construction, engineering, and energy issues.

Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga

Byung-Il Im

Partner

Shin & Kim

Bárbara Galetovic

Associate

DLA Piper Chile

Caitlin Coslett

Caitlin G. Coslett is a Shareholder and Co-Chair of Berger Montague’s Antitrust Department. Ms. Coslett concentrates her practice on complex litigation, including antitrust, qui tam (whistleblower), and mass tort litigation, and specializes in, among other things, economic experts and class certification issues.

Berger Montague

Caja Griesenbach

Caja advises on a broad range of UK and European competition law matters, including antitrust investigations, private enforcement actions, merger control, and behavioural compliance issues. She has significant experience representing clients across a range of sectors (including FMCG, grocery, travel technology, publishing, defence and the automotive industry) before UK and European regulators and courts. Caja advises clients in connection with both contentious and non-contentious competition matters, including regulatory investigations concerning alleged anti-competitive agreements or abuses of dominance, obtaining merger control clearances, and defending private claims for damages in connection with alleged antitrust infringements. In addition, Caja provides competition law compliance advice and training. Caja has previously been seconded to online travel agent Expedia and to the Mergers unit of the UK Competition and Markets Authority.

Macfarlanes LLP

Cali Arat

Wilkinson Stekloff

Camila Appelgren

Associate

Echeverría Ilharreborde Scagliotti

Camille Paulhac

Camille Paulhac is a partner and heads the Antitrust and Competition Department in Brussels and Paris. Camille represents clients in contentious (cartels, abuse of dominance, state aids, follow-on actions) and noncontentious (merger control, FDI, FSR) matters before the European Commission (EC), the French Competition Authority (FCA), the French FDI authority, and European and French courts. Camille coordinates multijurisdictional cases before competition and foreign investment authorities around the world, across a number of sectors including tech, life science, digital, financial, aeronautical and energy sectors.

Paul Hastings LLP

Carey Ramos

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Carl J. Chiappa

Partner

Hogan Lovells US LLP

Carlos Brandes

Carlos Brandes, lawyer and notary. Head of Dispute Resolution Team. His vast practice includes complex civil and commercial litigation, international commercial arbitration, civil fraud litigation, torts and antitrust, being specialist in procedural and civil and commercial law. Partner at Guyer & Regules.

Guyer & Regules

Carlos Ernesto González Ramírez

Carlos Ernesto González Ramírez is a Partner at Morgan & Morgan and heads the Antitrust and Consumer Protection, Government Procurement and Contracts, Telecommunications, and Insurance and Reinsurance practice groups of the firm. He also plays a key role in the Corporate Law practice group, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, regulatory and commercial law. As a corporate adviser, Mr. González Ramírez has been very active assisting multinational corporations from different industries such as Maersk, AES, Philips, 3M, Sony Corporation, Yamaha Motors, among others, upon establishing their headquarters operations in Panama. On matters related to competition defense, Mr. González Ramírez practice focuses on Antitrust (including M&A approvals), Anti-Dumping, and Safeguard measures. He has been involved in several mergers and acquisition approvals before the antitrust authorities in different industries, such as beer, automotive, financial, and dairy, among others. On Dispute Resolution matters, Mr. González Ramírez has served as adviser on local and international arbitration proceedings. He was appointed by the Panamanian Government, as arbitrator and conciliator of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), based in Washington, U.S.A. He is a member of the Commission of the National Directorate of International Trade Negotiations of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Panama. Mr. González has also participated as Consultant and collaborator in the authorship of Law N° 5 of 2007 that sped up the process of opening a company and establishes other provisions. He also served as collaborator in the authorship of Law N° 41 of 2007, for the establishment of Headquarters of Multinational Companies. Furthermore, Mr. González has been co-author of the conceptual framework of the La won Transparency in Public Administration, and author of the conceptual framework of the Law on Free Competition and Consumer Affairs. He participated as editor and author of Decree Law No. 11 of February 22, 2006, which creates the Panamanian Authority for Food Safety and makes other provisions. Mr. González Ramírez is listed as a leading individual in the Corporate & Commercial chapters of IFLR 1000. He has also been awarded with the “Pedro Boyd Galindo Medal” granted by the Panamanian Business Executives Association, as recognition of his work, trajectory and dedication to this organization, as well as his permanent contribution to the development and protection of Panama as an International Business and Financial Center. Mr. González Ramírez obtained a Master (LL.M.) in International Legal Studies, in the Washington College of Law, at American University. He also has a Bachelor of Science in Law and Political Science from the Universidad Santa María La Antigua in Panama. He is also the President of the Panama/Japan Friendship Association; Vice President Liberty Foundation; member of the Consultive Council of AES Panamá, S.A., and member of the Ibero-American Institute of Constitutional Law (Panama Chapter). Mr. González Ramírez is admitted to practice law in the Republic of Panama.

Morgan & Morgan

Carlos R Rainer

Norton Rose Fulbright

Carmine Zarlenga

Partner

Mayer Brown

Carson D. Young

Carson Young represents clients in complex commercial disputes and high-stakes commercial litigation, particularly in Texas-anchored matters that extend across jurisdictions. Carson leverages extensive trial experience to advise both plaintiffs and defendants on high-stakes litigation involving: Contract disputes Intellectual property Insurance recovery Antitrust Securities matters Trade secret misappropriation Shareholder activism and corporate governance He has litigated in state and federal courts across the country on behalf of a diverse group of clients, including professional sports franchises, major airlines, telecommunications companies, and energy companies. He uses this breadth of experience to drive pragmatic and efficient results to his clients’ most critical matters. Before joining Latham, Carson was a partner at another global law firm. Before that, he began his career at a prominent national trial boutique.

Latham & Watkins

Carsten Grave

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