Experienced and Commercial
In an era of increasingly aggressive antitrust enforcement, public and private companies need experienced antitrust advisers to guide them through and around regulatory scrutiny. Debevoise’s Antitrust Group combines top-quality analysis, a thorough understanding of the law and an in-depth familiarity with regulatory and judicial processes to solve clients’ most challenging antitrust problems.
Debevoise antitrust lawyers are creative and relentless in their efforts to secure approval of corporate transactions from competition authorities in the United States and abroad. We advise public and private companies and private equity sponsors on strategies to mitigate antitrust risk in connection with mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures. Our collaborative, cross-disciplinary approach to problem-solving brings together subject matter experts in intellectual property, banking, insurance, and other industries with antitrust specialists to resolve complex issues and look around corners for looming challenges ahead.
On the enforcement front, our lawyers handle the most novel and difficult matters initiated by the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, state Attorneys General, and the European Commission. We represent companies and executives in cases involving allegations of price-fixing, wage-fixing, bid-rigging, and market division, as well as allegedly monopolistic conduct by successful innovators. Our deep bench of former prosecutors and regulatory counsel draws upon dozens of years of enforcement expertise to bring a sophisticated, analytic approach to interactions with regulators – and, if necessary, to the courtroom.
The firm’s antitrust work involves a wide variety of industries, including Internet product distribution, financial services, cable television and other media, pharmaceuticals, alcoholic beverages, consumer products, airlines, automobile rentals, mining and manufacturing, and transportation.
Chambers USA and Legal 500 US laud Debevoise’s Antitrust Group for combining “strong transactional expertise with considerable strength in handling complex litigation” and providing “well-rounded services…across a wide range of industries.” Clients view Debevoise antitrust lawyers as powerful and effective allies who are “incredibly hard-working and skilled at devising strategies” to anticipate, address, and resolve clients’ most challenging antitrust problems.