Biography
Megan Granger is a partner in Weil’s Antitrust group currently on secondment in the London office. Her practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions while also providing general counseling on all aspects of antitrust law. She has worked on matters across a wide range of industries including technology, retail, food & beverage, leisure & entertainment, and energy.
Megan was named to Global Competition Review’s 40 Under 40 for 2024, recognizing her among “the next generation of leading antitrust practitioners.” She was also recognized by Lawdragon 500 on its 2024 “X –The Next Generation” list, by Law360 as a 2023 “Rising Star,” by The National Journal as a 2021 “D.C. Rising Star,” and by Legal 500 as a Next Generation Partner. She has also been named a 2024 “Up & Coming” Lawyer in Antitrust by Chambers USA.
Megan obtained her J.D. from the University of Virginia School Of Law where she served on the editorial board of the Virginia Law & Business Review. She earned her B.S. in Commerce, with distinction, from the University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce.
Key Representations:
- Microsoft on its investment in OpenAI.
- ChampionX Corporation in its pending $7.8 billion sale to SLB.
- Microsoft in its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Inc.
- Cedar Fair, L.P. in its $8 billion merger with Six Flags Entertainment.
- The Home Depot, Inc. in its $18.3 billion acquisition of SRS Distribution Inc.
- Sunoco LP in its $7.3 billion acquisition of NuStar Energy L.P.
- Meta Platforms (f/k/a Facebook) in numerous M&A related matters, including its $1 billion acquisition of Kustomer and its $400 million acquisition of Within.
- NEOGEN Corporation in its $5.3 billion combination with the Food Safety business of 3M.
- Microsoft in its $7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax Media, parent company of Bethesda Softworks and other game studios.
- Booking Holdings in its $1.2 billion acquisition of Getaroom, a B2B distributor of hotel rooms.
- BASF in its $11 billion acquisition of seed and herbicide assets pursuant to a DOJ antitrust consent decree in connection with Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto.
- Blackstone Capital Partners and its portfolio company, PSAV, a global AV and event technology services provider, in its acquisition of Encore Event Technologies.
- Alfa S.A.B. de C.V. in the formation of Corpus Christi Polymers LLC (CCP), a joint venture among industry participants, and CCP’s $1.2 billion acquisition of an under-construction PET-PTA production facility in Corpus Christi, TX from M&G USA Corp.
- Walgreens Boots Alliance in its $4.4 billion acquisition of 1,932 Rite Aid stores.
- The Sherwin-Williams Company in its $11.3 billion acquisition of The Valspar Corporation.
- Campbell Soup Company in its $4.9 billion acquisition of Snyder’s-Lance.
- Biomet Inc., in its $13.4 billion sale to Zimmer Holdings, Inc.
- Kinder Morgan in its $38 billion acquisition of El Paso Corporation.
- The Sherwin-Williams Company in its acquisition of the US business of Comex.
- Bridgestone Corporation in a Department of Justice criminal investigation regarding the alleged bid rigging of automotive anti-vibration rubber parts.