Our antitrust/competition practice is recognized internationally for its breadth, depth, and excellence. Chambers USA 2010 ranked Arnold & Porter LLP as one of the top antitrust practices in Washington, DC and nationally identified nine individuals as "leading lawyers." This is the ninth consecutive year Arnold & Porter has been ranked in the No. 1 band for antitrust in Washington, DC by Chambers USA. The firm is also ranked for antitrust in California. The head of our practice was named one of “The Decade’s Most Influential Lawyers” by The National Law Journal in 2010, has twice been named the leading competition lawyer in the world by the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers,and was awarded the 2008 Award For Excellence in Antitrust by Chambers USA.
Approximately 80 attorneys in our offices in the US and Europe represent clients in a wide variety of complex and critical antitrust/competition matters including mergers and acquisitions, major litigation, and criminal and civil government investigations. We understand both government thinking and processes. Our lawyers have held significant senior government positions, including those of Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition, Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the Antitrust Division, Chief of the Communications and Finance Section at the Antitrust Division, and Head of the Food and Pharmaceuticals and Financial Services Units in the European Commission's Competition Directorate General.
Our attorneys assist clients across a variety of industry sectors, including biotechnology, chemicals, energy, computer and information technology, consumer goods and services, financial services, media, pharmaceuticals, and telecommunications. In the US, we handle a wide range of antitrust and trade regulation matters involving laws governing competition, pricing, distribution, advertising, and intellectual property, both at the federal and state levels. Our European attorneys offer the full range of European competition law advice, including mergers, dominance and abusive conduct, cartel and other major antitrust inquiries, distribution and licensing strategies and agreements, strategic alliances and joint ventures, and state aids, both at the EU and Member State levels.