Matthew Kent
USA Guide 2024
Band 1 : Antitrust
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About
Provided by Matthew Kent
Practice Areas
Fortune 100 companies trust Matthew to prosecute and defend global price-fixing cartels and other complex disputes. The counsel he provides allows his clients to minimize risk while achieving their business objectives.
Matthew is co-chair of Alston & Bird’s Antitrust Team, focusing on bet-the-company antitrust litigation and counseling. Matthew and his team have recovered nearly $1 billion in settlements for clients.
Matthew prosecutes and defends global price-fixing cartels for Fortune 100 companies and has extensive experience with the competition issues at the forefront of the pharmaceutical industry.
He advises clients on antitrust issues related to joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions, including filings under the HSR Act and international premerger notification regimes. Matthew assists clients with substantive merger reviews by the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and foreign competition authorities in a host of industries. He also provides ongoing antitrust counseling to clients that enables clients to minimize antitrust risk while achieving their business objectives.
Education
Georgia State University
J.D.
2007
Mercer University
M.B.A.
2004
University of Georgia
B.B.A.
2003
Chambers Review
USA
Matthew Kent handles the full range of contentious and noncontentious antitrust work, with particular expertise acting for clients in the pharmaceutical space.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Matthew has a strong sense of practicality when developing a compliance strategy. He understands how to help balance competing risks."
"Matthew has a strong sense of practicality when developing a compliance strategy. He understands how to help balance competing risks."
Articles, highlights and press releases
1 item provided by Alston & Bird LLP
Alston & Bird Adds Leading Antitrust Partner in Brussels
Alston & Bird has augmented its Antitrust Team with partner Dr. Jens-Olrik Murach, who will reside in the firm’s Brussels office. Jens’s practice encompasses the full range of EU antitrust issues across a broad array of industries.
Alston & Bird Adds Leading Antitrust Partner in Brussels
Alston & Bird has augmented its Antitrust Team with partner Dr. Jens-Olrik Murach, who will reside in the firm’s Brussels office. Jens’s practice encompasses the full range of EU antitrust issues across a broad array of industries.
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