Antitrust & Concurrence

Technology, finance, fintech, life sciences and other companies before DOJ and FTC.

A U.S. technology company in ongoing investigations for alleged abuse of dominance at EU and French level.

A technology company as third party in several abuse of dominance cases before the French Competition Authority and the European Commission.

CWT US LLC, a global business travel and meetings solution provider, in its $540 million acquisition by Global Business Travel Group, a B2B software and services company for travel and expense. The U.S. DOJ investigated this transaction and challenged it in litigation in the Southern District of New York. On the eve of trial, the DOJ dismissed the lawsuit without remedies — the first-ever dismissal of a litigated merger challenge without remedies. This result earned The American Lawyer’s Litigator of the Week Runner-Up. In the U.K., the team obtained the first-ever reversal of a preliminary decision to block the merger. This matter was short-listed for the prestigious GCR merger matter of the year awards for both Europe and the Americas.

Filtration Group, a Madison Industries company and global market-leading provider of mission-critical filtration solutions, in its $9.25 billion acquisition by Parker-Hannifin, a global leader in motion and control technologies.

Represented Francisco Partners and its portfolio company RedSail Technologies, a pharmacy management software provider, on RedSail's acquisition of PrimeRx, a competing platform. The combination extended RedSail's network to about 16,000 pharmacies across the United States.

Pennant Health in its largest-ever acquisition as the third-party divestiture buyer in the high-profile and litigated merger challenge to the UnitedHealth Group/Amedisys transaction.

Advocate Health, one of the largest hospital systems in the U.S., as lead antitrust counsel in its acquisition of Harbin Clinic.

IBM as lead antitrust counsel in its $6.4 billion acquisition of HashiCorp, guiding a global competition team through a 10-month review that secured unconditional clearance in multiple jurisdictions after an FTC Second Request, resulting in a comprehensive cloud platform.

A global company in connection with cartel allegations before the European Commission.

A French company in connection with cartel allegations before the French Competition Authority.

A major Japanese industrial conglomerate on EU competition law cartel investigations and associated litigation.

An international manufacturing company in DOJ criminal investigation for price fixing.

Global manufacturers in relation to alleged anticompetitive and cartel conduct relating to the sale of various auto parts.

A major electronics corporation in relation to a complex European cartel investigation relating to electronic commodity products, securing immunity from fines.

A U.K.-based company in relation to an in-depth state aid investigation by the European Commission.

A financial institution in relation to the impact of an EU member state restructuring aid to one of the client’s portfolio companies.

A French company in relation to strategic plan to contest state aid granted to a competitor.

An international company in relation to an M&A ban imposed in exchange of state aid support received in the framework of restructuring.

Technology players in connection with three sector inquiries conducted by the French Competition Authority into cloud, artificial intelligence and video content creation sectors.

Foreign investors in relation to investments in European-headquartered companies under the 2023 Foreign Subsidies Regulation.