Antitrust
USA Guide 2024 : District of Columbia
Band 2
About
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Our Antitrust and Competition Group possesses the unique and proven ability to pilot the most sophisticated international competition investigations, merger reviews and litigations through the complexities of an always shifting framework. Given that today’s competition law enforcers increasingly coordinate, clients should expect the same from their counsel.
Chambers USA, Legal 500 and U.S. News — Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” recognize Skadden as one of the top-tier firms in the area of antitrust and competition. In addition, we rank among Global Competition Review’s Global Elite in the GCR 100, the publication’s guide to the world’s leading competition law practices.
To best assist clients, our Antitrust and Competition Group draws on the resources of Skadden’s worldwide platform, which includes focused, integrated services in global mergers and acquisitions, government enforcement and white collar criminal investigations and litigation, trial-level and appellate litigation, and international arbitration. In the U.S., Skadden lawyers assist clients in hearings before the U.S. Congress and federal regulatory agencies, including those in health care, energy, transportation and communications as well as the Department of Defense.
Chambers Review
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates has a very strong antitrust team that is able to meet the needs of its top-tier clients on highly complicated merger clearance and litigation matters. Particularly strong in transactional work, regularly appearing in transformational deals for multinational entities. Known for assisting technology, pharmaceutical and financial services clients, as well as organizations from other heavily regulated industries. Able to draw on the vast regulatory and transactional competencies of the wider firm.
Work Highlights
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates advised Adobe on the antitrust aspects of its $20 billion acquisition of Figma.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The lawyers are strategic and organizational experts."
"The Skadden team has very good business sense."
"The lawyers are strategic and organizational experts."
"The Skadden team has very good business sense."
Notable Practitioners
Steven Sunshine is a go-to lawyer sought out to tackle the most sophisticated of merger clearance work for large multinational clients. He is equally at home managing anticompetitive conduct investigations and litigated merger challenges.
"Steven has a really great ability to simplify complex facts and law for his client in a way that is digestible and understandable."
David Wales has considerable expertise across a broad range of antitrust issues taking in compliance counseling and merger clearance. He regularly acts on behalf of prominent clients in the finance and technology industries.
"David Wales is very effective with the agencies."
"David is an excellent antitrust lawyer."
Tara Reinhart is head of the firm's DC antitrust team and regularly assists clients with government investigations, civil litigation and cartel-related issues.
"Tara is a great advocate and communicator."
"Tara is very measured."
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Members
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