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.
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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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Sustainability & ESG Quarterly Webinar Series – Antitrust and Sustainability Collaborations: Key Trends and Takeaways
Speaker(s):
Adam C. Hemlock,
Brianne Kucerik and
Nafees Saeed
September 25, 2024 — Weil Antitrust practice Co-Head Brianne Kucerik and partners Adam Hemlock and Nafees Saeed spoke on the panel “Antitrust and Sustainability Collaborations: Key Trends and Takeaways” as part of the Sustainability & ESG Quarterly Webinar Series.
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The Robinson-Patman Act: The Potential Revival of a Controversial Law from the Dustbins of History
Speaker(s):
Yehudah L. Buchweitz
May 2, 2024 — New York, NY — Weil Complex Commercial Litigation partner Yehudah Buchweitz led a panel discussion entitled “The Robinson-Patman Act: The Potential Revival of a Controversial Law from the Dustbins of History,” at Practising Law Institute’s “Developments in Antitrust Law & Regulation 2024.” The panel touched on the history of the Robinson-Patman Act, key considerations in bringing and defending against claims under it, and the dynamics between the Robinson-Patman Act and other antitrust laws
Latest Thinking
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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
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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
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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), ...
- FTC and DOJ Announce Final Rulemaking for Overhaul of HSR Premerger Notification Filings and Reinstate Early Termination Alert — Antitrust — By Brianne Kucerik, Jeffrey H. Perry, Michael Moiseyev, Carla A. R. Hine, Michael C. Naughton, Marie-Marie O. de Fays and Dan S. Nobil — PDF — October 11, 2024
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Client Alert: Paving The Way For More Vigilance: Two Pivotal Antitrust Judgements Signal What’s Next For EU Tech Enforcement
Blog Post — WorthWeil Antitrust Blog
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Niklas Maydell,
Bella Spring,
Martin Wagner and
Matthew Fader
— October 10, 2024
In a month defined by landmark judgments, the EU Courts have set important precedents on the legality of self-preferencing and exclusivity clauses in the digital space: These two judgments highlight the nuanced balance the EU Courts are striking in the evolving enforcement of antitrust rules in digital markets: supporting an innovative yet evidence-driven and highly ...
- Correcting the Corrective Mechanism: EU’s Top Court Kills European Commission’s Ability to Review Below-Threshold Deals Alert — By Niklas Maydell, Annagiulia Zanazzo and Bella Spring — PDF — September 2024
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advises Blackstone in Preferred Equity Investment in Inhabit Deal Brief — December 03, 2024
- Weil Advises Astorg in $282M Take-Private Acquisition of Hamilton Thorne and Concurrent Acquisition of Cook Medical Reproductive Health Deal Brief — December 03, 2024
- Weil Advises DT Midstream in its $1.2 Billion Acquisition of Strategic Midwest FERC-Regulated Natural Gas Pipelines Deal Brief — November 20, 2024
- Weil Advises Goldman Sachs Alternatives in Acquisition of a Majority Stake in Sila Services Deal Brief — November 11, 2024
- Weil Advised Hilco with TPG Angelo Gordon in Partnership with Bluestar Alliance Deal Brief — November 08, 2024
- Weil Advises Aterian Investment Partners in Partnership with Outlook Group Deal Brief — November 06, 2024