Jane E Willis

Practice Areas

Jane became a member of the firm’s policy committee (the firm’s governing body) in 2019, after serving for several years as co-chair of the global litigation and enforcement practice. Jane focuses her practice on complex business litigation, class action litigation, and antitrust matters, including in large part, matters for health care and life sciences clients.

Jane has been named the Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” for Antitrust in Boston for several years, including 2022. Jane also maintains a Chambers Band 1 ranking. According to Chambers USA: Jane Willis “is an extremely strong critical thinker. She can navigate really complex questions and provide advice that can be shared with business leaders.”

As lead counsel, Jane represents a wide range of clients including health care systems, publicly-traded companies, real estate investment trusts, and private equity funds. Her health care and life sciences client list includes hospitals and health care systems, commercial health and dental payors, physician practice management companies, medical device and biotech companies, pharmacies, home health care providers, and senior living providers. In addition to health care, Jane has handled antitrust matters for a range of industries including consumer electronics, consumer products, sports, and transportation.

As a part of her antitrust practice, Jane has represented many clients in civil investigations by the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, as well as criminal antitrust investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice. Jane also represents many clients in mergers and acquisitions subject to antitrust merger review and investigation by the DOJ and the FTC.

Jane has been interviewed for her antitrust experience by various publications including The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Fortune, Legal Times, National Law Journal, Competition Law 360, Health Law 360, Modern Healthcare, Reuters, Associated Press, and Bloomberg News Services.