Michael Schaper is a litigation partner who focuses on various types of complex civil litigation, including in numerous areas of intellectual property law, as well as antitrust litigation and other antitrust counseling. He is recommended by The Legal 500 US (2024), which has noted that he is “extremely knowledgeable and client-focused.” Mr. Schaper has been involved in numerous antitrust litigations, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in monopolization, unfair pricing practices and price-fixing cases. He has also extensively advised clients regarding pricing and distribution practices, as well as potential Section 2 claims against competitors.

Mr. Schaper regularly speaks on legal issues involving intellectual property. He was Co-Chair of Practising Law Institute’s 2015 Hot Topics in Advertising Law conference. He also recently taught at the Institute for Perception’s Advertising Claims Support course.

Mr. Schaper joined the firm in 2001 and became a partner in 2011. He received a J.D. in 2001 from the University of Chicago Law School, where he received the Edwin F. Mandel Award for outstanding contribution to the school’s clinical education program. He received a B.A. magna cum laude from Tufts University in 1998.

Mr. Schaper is a member of the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.