Biography

Michael Naughton is counsel in Weil’s global Antitrust/Competition practice, where his practice focuses on merger clearance and investigations. He counsels clients on pre-merger notification compliance, both domestically under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act and internationally. He also represents clients in government investigations and reviews of mergers and acquisitions, and in government and private antitrust litigation, and counsels clients on the antitrust implications of their business activities. Michael brings to his practice the benefit of his doctorate in economics, along with his extensive prior academic and consulting experience in antitrust economics and industrial organization.
He is the author of several articles, including “Gun-Jumping and Premerger Information Exchange: Counseling the Harder Questions” and “Buyer Power Under Attack: Recent Trends in Monopsony Cases” which were published in Antitrust Magazine, and “The Antitrust Risks of Unilateral Conduct in Standard Setting,” which appeared in The Antitrust Bulletin.
Michael received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Vermont, a Ph.D. in Economics from Boston College and a JD, magna cum laude, from New York University School of Law, where he was elected to Order of the Coif and was editor-in-chief of the NYU Environmental Law Journal. From 1985 to 1991, Michael was as an Associate Professor of Economics at San Diego State University.
Firm News & Announcements, Latest Thinking
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advises Brookfield Business Partners in its Pending $8B Sale of Westinghouse Electric Company Deal Brief — October 11, 2022
- Weil Advised Blackstone in its $1B Sale of Aqua Finance, Inc. Deal Brief — July 29, 2022
Latest Thinking
- Revisions to HSR Act Filing Thresholds, Fee Structure and Civil Penalties, and Revisions to Clayton Act Section 8 Thresholds Alert — Antitrust/Competition — By Vadim M. Brusser, Michael C. Naughton, Alexis Brown-Reilly, Dan S. Nobil and Marie-Marie O. de Fays — PDF — January 24, 2023
- Major Changes to HSR Filing Fees Alert — Antitrust/Competition — By Vadim M. Brusser, Michael C. Naughton, Alexis Brown-Reilly, Dan S. Nobil and Marie-Marie O. de Fays — PDF — December 29, 2022
- Revisions to HSR Act Filing Thresholds, Civil Penalty Maximum, and Interlocking Directorate Thresholds Alert — Antitrust/Competition — By Vadim M. Brusser, Michael C. Naughton and Alexis Brown-Reilly — PDF — February 02, 2021
- HSR Act Filing Thresholds, Civil Penalty Maximum, and Interlocking Directorate Thresholds Revisions Alert — Antitrust/Competition — By Vadim M. Brusser and Michael C. Naughton — PDF — January 28, 2020