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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TL4: The Competition Law & Artificial Intelligence Summit
Speaker(s):
Jenine Hulsmann
December 3, 2024 — London, United Kingdom — Hear direct from key regulatory stakeholders as they consider the impacts of AI. Reaffirm your understanding of the evolving regulatory landscape. Jenine Hulsmann is a Chair.
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Trump's Antitrust Agenda: Changing the Game or More of the Same?
Speaker(s):
Kristin Sanford
November 21, 2024 — Weil Antitrust partner Kristin Sanford served as panelist on a webinar hosted by the ABA to discuss what antitrust enforcement will look like under Trump’s second term, in comparison to the Biden administration.
Latest Thinking
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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 ...
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Antitrust and Generative AI: Navigating the Interplay – Five key takeaways from our W@Competition event
Blog Post — WorthWeil Antitrust Blog
— By
Jenine Hulsmann,
Bella Spring and
Jenny Patroclou
— October 14, 2024
Last week we were privileged to host a London event with W@Competition, bringing together a dynamic roster of expert speakers with truly diverse perspectives – from regulators, to in-house lawyers, to economists – to discuss the hot topics around antitrust and the rapidly evolving world of Generative AI. Welcomed by Rebecca Saunders (W@ Executive Committee), ...
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advises Graycliff Partners in its Sale of Landmark Structures Deal Brief — December 20, 2024
- Weil’s Elite Antitrust Capabilities Recognized Again by Global Competition Review Firm Announcement — December 16, 2024
- Weil Advised TruArc Partners in Investment in DMI Personal Care Deal Brief — December 10, 2024
- Weil Earns Two Honors at 2024 Financial Times North America Innovative Lawyers Awards Firm Announcement — December 10, 2024
- Weil Advises on CMA’s Ground-breaking Clearance of the Vodafone and Three UK Joint Venture Deal Brief — December 05, 2024
- Weil Advises Blackstone in Preferred Equity Investment in Inhabit Deal Brief — December 03, 2024