Globalization, deregulation and positioning for the future.

In the New Economy, these factors have combined to produce unprecedented levels of merger activity- and a corresponding increase in federal, state and private-sector antitrust oversight.

In our antitrust group are a number of attorneys with years of government, private sector and academic experience in applying antitrust law to mergers and acquisitions.

Representative Matters:

• Defended numerous mergers and acquisitions in a variety of industries often avoiding Second Requests
• Defended major domestic transactions in all phases of Justice Department and FTC "merger" review; we successfully defended CBS/Infinity's acquisition of Outdoor Systems in a year-long Justice Department investigation
• Represented parties to significant mergers that were being reviewed simultaneously in multiple foreign jurisdictions--the United States, Canada, the E.U., the U.K., Mexico and others
• Counseled clients on the antitrust risks associated with contemplated transactions and given advice on compliance with Hart-Scott-Rodino pre-merger notification requirements
• Represented companies with concerns about others' transactions, as well as third-party witnesses in government investigations
• Represented small companies, and companies involved in smaller transactions, when their transactions were investigated by the FTC or Justice Department
• Provided legal counsel to a trustee appointed by the FTC to supervise an asset divestiture under an FTC merger consent, and prepared a report for the FTC on the outcome of an arbitration of IP rights that was relevant to the review of a merger pending before the FTC
• Provided expert testimony on antitrust enforcement policies on behalf of a major software company in commercial litigation arising from a corporate takeover attempt
• Prepared and filed Hart-Scott-Rodino notification forms and represented companies under FTC investigation for suspected Hart-Scott-Rodino violations
• Handled mergers in a wide range of industries, including local and long distance telecommunications, auto parts, outdoor advertising, pharmaceuticals, drug wholesaling, broadcast advertising, hospital care, banking, high speed cameras, scrap metal, computer software and hardware, floor covering, industrial products, petroleum products, textile products and retailing