Clifford H Aronson

Practice Areas

Cliff Aronson focuses his practice on advising clients in antitrust matters relating to mergers and acquisitions. He has been involved in numerous high-profile transactions and strategic alliances across multiple industries, including entertainment, consumer products, health care, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, retail and technology. Mr. Aronson also has worked on numerous significant criminal and civil antitrust investigations (and resulting civil lawsuits) in various industries, including publishing, auction houses and cement. In addition to transactional matters, he advises clients in other areas of antitrust and competition, including litigation and investigations. He also has assisted clients in planning legal strategies to address industry threats and opportunities. Additionally, Mr. Aronson represents clients before federal and state antitrust agencies and grand juries.

Career

Mr. Aronson was the North American leader of Skadden’s Antitrust/Competition Group for many years, and has served in a variety of other committee roles at the firm during his career.

Professional Memberships

Mr. Aronson is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center, and previously has been an instructor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is a regular speaker on mergers and acquisitions at Wharton’s Executive Education Program. He also serves on the board of Westchester Land Trust, the foundation board of SUNY-Purchase College and the advisory board of the Georgetown University Business Law Scholars program. He previously was vice chair of the Mergers and Acquisitions Committee of the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association.

Education