Biography
Megan is consistently recognized by leading publications for her antitrust expertise. She was named to Global Competition Review’s 40 Under 40 for 2024, recognizing her among “the next generation of leading antitrust practitioners.” Legal 500 named Megan a “Next Generation Partner” and she has been recognized by Chambers & Partners as an “Up & Coming” Lawyer in 2024 and 2025. In addition, Lawdragon 500 named Megan to its “Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers” list and to its 2024 “X – The Next Generation” list. Previously, she was recognized by Law360 as a 2023 “Rising Star,” and by The National Journal as a 2021 “D.C. Rising Star.”
Megan obtained her J.D. from the University of Virginia School Of Law where she served on the editorial board of the Virginia Law & Business Review. She earned her B.S. in Commerce, with distinction, from the University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce.
Key Representations:
- The Home Depot, Inc. in its $18.3 billion acquisition of SRS Distribution Inc. and its $4.3 billion acquisition of GMS Inc.
- ChampionX Corporation in its $7.8 billion sale to SLB.
- Groupe Lactalis on its $2.1 billion acquisition of the U.S. yogurt business of General Mills.
- Microsoft in various matters, including its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Inc., its $7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax Media, and on its investment in OpenAI.
- Meta Platforms in various matters, including its $1 billion acquisition of Kustomer and its $400 million acquisition of Within.
- Sunoco LP in its $7.3 billion acquisition of NuStar Energy L.P. and its $9.1 billion acquisition of Parkland Corporation.
- Cedar Fair, L.P. in its $8 billion merger with Six Flags Entertainment.
- NEOGEN Corporation in its $5.3 billion combination with the Food Safety business of 3M.
- Booking Holdings in its $1.2 billion acquisition of Getaroom, a B2B distributor of hotel rooms.
- BASF in its $11 billion acquisition of seed and herbicide assets pursuant to a DOJ antitrust consent decree in connection with Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto.
- Blackstone Capital Partners and its portfolio company, PSAV, a global AV and event technology services provider, in its acquisition of Encore Event Technologies.
- Alfa S.A.B. de C.V. in the formation of Corpus Christi Polymers LLC (CCP), a joint venture among industry participants, and CCP’s $1.2 billion acquisition of an under-construction PET-PTA production facility in Corpus Christi, TX from M&G USA Corp.
- Walgreens Boots Alliance in its $4.4 billion acquisition of 1,932 Rite Aid stores.
- The Sherwin-Williams Company in its $11.3 billion acquisition of The Valspar Corporation.
- The Campbell's Company in its $4.9 billion acquisition of Snyder’s-Lance.
- Biomet Inc., in its $13.4 billion sale to Zimmer Holdings, Inc.
- Kinder Morgan in its $38 billion acquisition of El Paso Corporation.
- The Sherwin-Williams Company in its acquisition of the US business of Comex.
- Bridgestone Corporation in a Department of Justice criminal investigation regarding the alleged bid rigging of automotive anti-vibration rubber parts.