Biography

Geneva Torsilieri Hardesty is an associate in Weil’s Antitrust group. Her practice focuses on regulatory approval for mergers and acquisitions, government investigations, and antitrust counseling with experience across a across a wide range of industries, including technology, pharmaceuticals, and finance.
Geneva received her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she served as the Managing Editor of the Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law. During her time in law school, she worked with the Charlottesville Legal Aid Center in the JustChildren program providing legal representation to children with unmet needs in the education, foster care, and juvenile justice systems. She focuses her pro bono efforts on immigration and education matters. Geneva earned her Master of Education from The College of New Jersey, where she also earned her B.S. summa cum laude in Elementary Education and English.
Geneva’s recent experience includes serving on Weil teams representing:
- Meta Platforms (f/k/a Facebook) in its acquisition of Within, the immersive media startup behind the VR fitness service Supernatural.
- Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., a semiconductor manufacturer, in its $27.5 billion sale to Analog Devices, Inc.
- Allergan plc in its $63 billion sale to AbbVie Inc.,
- CoStar Group in the antitrust aspects of its acquisition of Ten-X’s commercial real estate transaction platform.
- Kantar Group (a portfolio company of Bain Capital Private Equity) in its acquisition of Numerator.
Firm News & Announcements, Awards and Recognition, Speaking Engagements, Guides and Resources, Latest Thinking
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advises Iron Mountain in its Acquisition of Regency Technologies Deal Brief — November 02, 2023
- Weil Represents Meta in High-Stakes Trial Victory Over FTC Litigation Win — February 06, 2023
Latest Thinking
- The Potential for Potential Competition after FTC v. Meta Publication — American Bar Association — By Michael Moiseyev, Rachel Williams and Geneva Torsilieri Hardesty — PDF — August 30, 2023
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The US FTC abandons its challenge to the acquisition of a virtual reality fitness app by a social media giant following a District Court’s denial of FTC’s request for a preliminary Injunction
Publication — Concurrences
— By
Michael Moiseyev,
Geneva Torsilieri Hardesty and
Rachel Williams
— PDF
— June 01, 2023
Concurrences ...
- What the FTC's loss in the Meta/Within transaction means for the future of potential competition cases Alert — Westlaw Today — By Michael Moiseyev, Geneva Torsilieri Hardesty and Rachel Williams — PDF — April 10, 2023
- What the FTC’s Loss in the Meta/Within Transaction Means for the Future of Potential Competition Cases Alert — Antitrust — By Geneva Torsilieri Hardesty, Rachel Williams and Michael Moiseyev — PDF — March 20, 2023