Antitrust
Notable Representations, Key Contacts
Weil’s global Antitrust team provides clients with the international reach and extensive expertise required to handle complex and rapidly shifting antitrust and foreign investment rules around the world. Our team has a proven track record of achieving successful and innovative outcomes for clients across the full range of transactional and behavioral antitrust and foreign investment matters.
“An exceptional group of attorneys with deep experience representing clients before government agencies.”
Antitrust M&A:
With our deep experience in handling complex cross-border merger review processes and our position at the forefront of shaping antitrust policy, Weil has been trusted to provide effective global strategic counseling, agency representation, and litigation defense for many of the largest, highest-profile transactions in recent years.
Antitrust Litigation:
Weil has a strong reputation for successfully defending clients in their most high-stakes civil and criminal antitrust litigations, achieving the best outcomes at trial and on appeal in respect of the full range of cutting-edge antitrust issues, with particular success in class action litigations.
Cartels & Investigations:
With our deep expertise and global reach, Weil is regularly called upon by clients across the globe to guide them through all phases of criminal and civil cartel investigations. We have consistently obtained favorable results, earning the practice recognition among the top cartel defense firms in the world.
Global Recognition
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Key Contacts
![Jenine Hulsmann Jenine Hulsmann](/-/media/people/h/hulsmann-jenine.jpg?h=366&w=366&hash=0AEC46F3D85278B01CC1C150DF42E1CB)
![Brianne L. Kucerik Brianne L. Kucerik](/-/media/people/k/kucerik_brianne.jpg?h=366&w=366&hash=4C39FF51BCA30452D82DF3359AB9DE47)
![Mike Moiseyev Mike Moiseyev](/-/media/people/m/moiseyev_michael.jpg?h=366&w=366&hash=36973E10A964A3587401A54D6240F0FC)
![Jeff Perry Jeff Perry](/-/media/people/p/perry_jeff.jpg?h=366&w=366&hash=45BCA4AAB39F775136359DEAE65EAA6F)
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Awards and Recognition
Awards and Recognition
- Weil Ranked a Top-Ranked Tier 1 Firm for Antitrust in the U.S. Award Brief — Benchmark Litigation 2022
- Eric Hochstadt Named 2019 "Rising Star" Award Brief — New York Law Journal
- Jeff White Named 2018 Rising Star for Antitrust/Competition by Law360 Award Brief — Law360 2018
- Weil Named “Antitrust Firm of the Year” Award Brief — Legal Media Group’s Sixth Annual Life Sciences Awards, 2018
- David Lender and Eric Hochstadt Named AmLaw’s Litigators of the Week Award Brief — The Am Law Litigation Daily April 2018
Speaking Engagements
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The Robinson-Patman Act: The Potential Revival of a Controversial Law from the Dustbins of History
Speaker(s):
Yehudah L. Buchweitz
May 2, 2024 — New York, NY — Weil Complex Commercial Litigation partner Yehudah Buchweitz led a panel discussion entitled “The Robinson-Patman Act: The Potential Revival of a Controversial Law from the Dustbins of History,” at Practising Law Institute’s “Developments in Antitrust Law & Regulation 2024.” The panel touched on the history of the Robinson-Patman Act, key considerations in bringing and defending against claims under it, and the dynamics between the Robinson-Patman Act and other antitrust laws
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A Divided FTC Issues Final Rule on Non-Competes
Speaker(s):
John P. Barry,
Eric S. Hochstadt and
Celine Chan
April 29, 2024 — Weil partners John Barry and Eric Hochstadt and counsel Celine Chan moderated a cross-disciplinary Weil webinar entitled “A Divided FTC Issues Final Rule on Non-Competes,” in which they analyzed the FTC’s Final Rule and legal challenges to it, and provided practical takeaways for employers.
Latest Thinking
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Navigating Large-Scale Document Productions in Global Merger Reviews
Blog Post — WorthWeil Antitrust Blog
— By
Neil Rigby,
Nafees Saeed,
Bella Spring and
Venetia Hudd
— June 28, 2024
In this post, we have teamed up with colleagues at FTI Consulting to highlight our top five issues to consider when navigating the complexities of document production in parallel merger processes. Planning this work stream ahead of engagement with the regulators may help to avoid procedural pitfalls and minimize unnecessary delays to a transaction timetable. ...
- Supreme Court Abolishes Judicial Deference to Agency Interpretations of Law Publication — By Mark A. Perry and Josh Wesneski — PDF — June 28, 2024
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Federal Court Deals the FTC a Loss by Crediting Merging Companies’ Failing Firm Defenses and Commitments Regarding Post-Merger Conduct
Blog Post — WorthWeil Antitrust Blog
— June 18, 2024
Despite meeting its prima facie burden, the FTC failed in its attempt to block Novant’s acquisition of two struggling North Carolina hospitals. ...
- Making the Most of Your Mock Jury Exercise Publication — Bloomberg Law — By David J. Lender, Eric S. Hochstadt, Luna Ngan Barrington and Sarah Ryu — PDF — June 14, 2024
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Antitrust Focus on Roll-Ups Expands: FTC and DOJ Issue Broad Inquiry into “Roll Up” Acquisitions Across All Sectors of the U.S. Economy
Blog Post — WorthWeil Antitrust Blog
— By
Joe Ehrenkrantz and
Meghana Appalaraju
— May 29, 2024
U.S. Agencies Expand Scrutiny of “Roll Up” Acquisitions with Newly Issued RFI Across All Industries – What Does it Mean for Businesses? ...
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advised KIK Consumer Products in Sale of Auto Care Business to Recochem Deal Brief — June 18, 2024
- Weil Advises American Securities in its Agreement to Sell Acuren Deal Brief — May 22, 2024