WilmerHale has one of the leading antitrust and competition practices in the United States and Europe. With more than 50 years' experience and over 70 competition lawyers in the US, Europe and China, we have secured antitrust clearance for hundreds of complex mergers and joint ventures, helped clients avoid fines and prison terms in many cartel investigations, and won numerous victories for clients in private and government litigation.
Ranked as one of the leading transatlantic antitrust and competition firms, we:
- Represent Cephalon in a prominent action brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and in separate antitrust actions by putative classes of direct and indirect purchasers of Provigil®, as well as by a would-be generic competitor, Apotex, Inc., all of whom challenge Cephalon's settlement of Hatch-Waxman patent litigation.
- Representing Broadcom in multiple lawsuits against Qualcomm raising patent and antitrust issues. We achieved significant victories in the International Trade Commission, the Federal Circuit and the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
- Represented Statoil in obtaining clearance of its $30 billion merger with the petroleum activities of Norsk Hydro from the European Commission and other competition authorities around the globe.
- Represented the amnesty recipient in the investigations of the global air cargo cartel in the United States, European Union, and multiple other jurisdictions around the world and in securing a favorable settlement of the follow-on private class actions.
- Persuaded the DC Circuit to reverse the Federal Trade Commission decision in FTC v. Rambus, which was the Commission’s most wide watched standards ambush case.
Many of our partners and senior counsel have served in high levels of government in either the United States or Europe, and all have years of experience representing clients across the full range of antitrust issues. Drawing on this wealth of expertise, we offer clients exceptional insight into the thinking of competition agencies in the United States, Europe and around the world.
WilmerHale has one of the leading antitrust and competition practices in the United States and Europe. With more than 50 years' experience and over 70 competition lawyers in the US, Europe and China, we have secured antitrust clearance for hundreds of complex mergers and joint ventures, helped clients avoid fines and prison terms in many cartel investigations, and won numerous victories for clients in private and government litigation.
Ranked as one of the leading transatlantic antitrust and competition firms, we:
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