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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Awards and Recognition, Guides and Resources, Speaking Engagements, Latest Thinking, Firm News & Announcements
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 Revival of the Robinson-Patman Act: Understanding the New Landscape
Speaker(s):
Yehudah L. Buchweitz
May 1, 2025 — New York, NY — Complex Commercial Litigation partner Yehudah L. Buchweitz led a discussion titled “The Revival of the Robinson-Patman Act: Understanding the New Landscape” at Practising Law Institute’s 2025 Developments in Antitrust Law & Regulation conference. Yehudah discussed the history of the Robinson-Patman Act, key considerations in bringing and defending against a Robinson-Patman Act claim, and understanding new enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission.
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The Role of Experts in Class Actions
Speaker(s):
Eric S. Hochstadt
January 10, 2025 — New York, NY — Weil Antitrust partner Eric Hochstadt participated on a panel entitled “The Role of Experts in Class Actions” at Practising Law Institute’s 2025 Class Action Litigation conference. The panel demonstrated the examination and cross-examination of expert witnesses in a class action setting.
Latest Thinking
- Antitrust Enforcement in Labor Markets: Merger Analysis at a Time of Agency Transition Publication — Westlaw Today — By Michael Moiseyev, Joe Ehrenkrantz and Katie Rider — January 09, 2025
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The Federal Trade Commission v. Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, LLC.
Blog Post — WorthWeil Antitrust Blog
— By
Brianne Kucerik,
Michael Moiseyev,
Jasmine Rosner,
Kristin Sanford,
Mark Seidman and
Josef Trachtenberg
— December 18, 2024
On December 12, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed a Robinson-Patman Act (“RPA”) enforcement action against Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, LLC (“Southern”), one of the largest U.S. wine and spirits distributors, alleging it charges small businesses significantly higher prices than large chains. This was the first government enforcement action brought under the RPA ...
- Antitrust Enforcement in Labor Markets: Merger Analysis at a Time of Agency Transition Alert — By John P. Barry, Megan A. Granger, Adam C. Hemlock, Eric S. Hochstadt, Brianne Kucerik, Michael Moiseyev, Jeffrey H. Perry, Jasmine Rosner, Kristin Sanford, John E. Scribner, Mark Seidman, Rebecca Sivitz, Jeff L. White, Joe Ehrenkrantz and Katie Rider — PDF — December 10, 2024
- Antitrust Enforcement in Trump’s Second Term: Policy Changes, Enforcement Priorities, and Leadership Turnover Alert — Antitrust — By Megan A. Granger, Adam C. Hemlock, Eric S. Hochstadt, Brianne Kucerik, Michael Moiseyev, Jeffrey H. Perry, Jasmine Rosner, Kristin Sanford, John E. Scribner, Mark Seidman, Jeff L. White, Charlotte McFaddin and Michael Geisler — PDF — November 18, 2024
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Where there’s a will, there’s a way: What’s next for EU below-threshold transactions in a post Illumina/Grail world?
Blog Post — WorthWeil Antitrust Blog
— By
Romain Ferla and
Clémence Coppin
— November 05, 2024
Where there’s a will, there’s a way: What’s next for EU below-threshold M&A transactions in a post Illumina/Grail world? As we have discussed previously, the European Court of Justice ruled on September 3, 2024 that the European Commission’s recalibrated approach to using Article 22 of the EU Merger Regulation to review otherwise non-reportable M&A transactions ...
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Welcomes DOJ Antitrust Litigator Meagan Bellshaw Press Release — January 13, 2025
- Sixteen Weil Partners Named to 2025 Lawdragon Leading Lawyers in America List Firm Announcement — January 10, 2025
- Weil Advises Blackstone in its $300M Investment in DDN Deal Brief — January 09, 2025
- Weil Advises Advent International in Acquisition of Sauer Brands Deal Brief — January 06, 2025
- Weil Advises H.I.G. Capital in Take-Private Acquisition of Quisitive Deal Brief — January 03, 2025
- Weil Advises Graycliff Partners in its Sale of Landmark Structures Deal Brief — December 20, 2024