Kristin Sanford

Lawdragon named Kristin to its 2026 “500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers” list, as well as its 2024-2026 “X – The Next Generation” list.

Prior to joining Weil, Kristin interned at the US Federal Trade Commission in a commissioner’s office. Kristin is a member of the American Bar Association’s Section of Antitrust Law, served as a Young Lawyer Representative for the Section’s Task Force on International Divergence of Dominance Standards (2017 – 2019), and has been a contributing editor to the ABA’s Annual Review of Antitrust Law Developments.

Kristin obtained her J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center where she served as a Law Fellow in the Legal Research and Writing Department. She earned her B.A., with distinction, from Duke University. Prior to law school, Kristin was a revenue management analyst at American Airlines.

Key Representations

• MarketAxess Holdings Inc. in its pending $6 billion sale to Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
• Abbott Laboratories in multiple transactions:
• The ~$21B acquisition of Exact Sciences
• The ~$5.3B acquisition of Alere Inc.
• The $850M acquisition of Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
• The Home Depot, Inc. in its $4.3B acquisition of GMS Inc.
• Cedar Fair, L.P. in its $8B merger with Six Flags Entertainment.
• Johnson & Johnson in numerous transactions, including:
• The $3.05B acquisition of Halda Therapeutics OpCo, Inc.
• The acquisition of medical device maker V-Wave for up to $1.7 billion
• The $13.1B acquisition of Shockwave Medical
• The $275M+ sale of its Acclarent ENT surgery division to Integra
• The ~$16.6B acquisition of heart pump maker Abiomed Inc.
• The acquisition of orthopedic company CrossRoads Extremity Systems
• The ~$1.045B divestiture of the Codman Neurosurgery business to Integra LifeSciences Holding Corporate
• Providence Equity Partners and its portfolio company 365 Retail Markets in the acquisition of Cantaloupe, Inc. for $848 million, including its successful consent agreement with the Federal Trade Commission involving the divestiture of the Three Square Market business to Seaga, Inc., and behavioral commitments related to interoperability of technology.
• NanoString Technologies, Inc. in a patent and antitrust litigation against 10x Genomics, Inc. and Harvard College in the District of Delaware.
• C&S Wholesale Grocers in connection with the Federal Trade Commission’s study under Section 6(b) of the FTC Act regarding the competitive impact of supply chain disruptions in consumer goods.
• Meta (f/k/a Facebook) in its acquisition of Kustomer, a customer relationship management company.
• Fidelity National Financial, Inc. in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ investigation into possible violations of New York state antitrust laws and Section 1 of the Sherman Act. The investigation was part of the Attorney General’s broader review of alleged “no-poach” agreements between competitors in the title insurance industry.
• A leading television broadcaster in an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice alleging that broadcasters unlawfully shared revenue pacing information and negotiation of a consent decree to resolve and settle the DOJ Antitrust Division’s claims.
• Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., a semiconductor manufacturer, in its over $20 billion sale to Analog Devices, Inc.
• BASF in its $11B acquisition of seed and herbicide businesses and assets pursuant to a DOJ antitrust consent decree in connection with Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto. At the time, BASF’s acquisition was the largest negotiated merger divestiture in the history of US antitrust enforcement.
• The Sherwin-Williams Company in its $11.3 billion acquisition of The Valspar Corporation, a leading manufacturer of paint and coatings.
• The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. (A&P) in its chapter 11 case. As part of the chapter 11 plan, A&P sought to sell 120 stores to supermarket competitors, including Albertsons, Royal Ahold, and Key Food Stores. Weil secured antitrust clearance from the FTC for the sale of A&P’s stores, relying in part on the rarely successful failing firm defense.
• Iron Mountain in its $2.6 billion acquisition of Recall Holdings, successfully securing regulatory approval from the U.S. Department of Justice.
• AbbVie, a global biopharmaceutical company, in its acquisition of Pharmacyclics, Inc., a transaction valued at $21 billion and which closed without the FTC issuing a Second Request.