Antitrust & Competition

Debevoise’s Antitrust Group combines top-quality analysis, a thorough understanding of the law and an in-depth familiarity with regulatory and judicial processes to solve clients’ most challenging antitrust problems.

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Our Antitrust Group

Staffed principally by litigators with substantial merger experience, the Antitrust Group brings to its clients the benefit of the firm’s multidisciplinary approach, including access to other strong practice areas, such as white collar criminal defense, intellectual property (both litigation and transactional), mergers & acquisitions and cross-border transactions.

[The Antitrust Group blends] strong transactional expertise with considerable strength in handling complex litigation.

—Chambers USA

Debevoise Update

The Third Circuit Sharply Curtails the FTC’s Preferred Enforcement Power

Representative Clients

The American Association of Publishers
The Associated Press
Carlyle Group
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
Columbian Chemicals Company
Dell
Hertz Global Holdings
Kelso & Company
Pernod Ricard
Providence Equity Partners
Rank Group
Schneider Electric
Swedish Match
Westpac Banking

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Ted Hassi

Ted Hassi is a litigation partner and former FTC Chief Trial Counsel. His practice focuses on antitrust litigation and obtaining merger clearances in transactions reviewed by the U.S. antitrust agencies.

[The Antitrust Group has a] thorough understanding of its clients’ industries [which] makes it a popular destination for antitrust matters.

—Chambers USA

Announcements

Debevoise Advises Solenis in Its Combination with BASF’s Paper and Water Chemicals Businesses

Debevoise In Depth

Top 10 Legal Developments in Russian M&A in 2018

Ted Hassi named Antitrust Litigator of the Year

— Benchmark Litigation U.S. Awards, 2019

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According to Chambers USA and Legal 500 US, Debevoise’s Antitrust Group combines “strong transactional expertise with considerable strength in handling complex litigation,” to provide “well-rounded services…across a wide range of industries.” Whether responding to a government investigation, defending a price-fixing class action, obtaining approval of a multinational acquisition or representing an antitrust plaintiff in court, the Group provides clients with timely, focused advice and a dedicated team to address their needs. Clients view Debevoise antitrust lawyers as powerful and effective allies who are “incredibly hard-working and skilled at devising strategies,” according to Chambers USA.The Antitrust Group is part of the firm’s Litigation Department, which, in the words of Chambers USA, is “praised unanimously by clients for its efficient cost-effective approach.” The Antitrust Group applies this combination of antitrust knowledge and litigation experience to gather and analyze the information needed to understand its clients’ businesses and to determine the right approach to achieve their goals efficiently, whether managing the cascade of litigation that can follow a government investigation or obtaining approval of corporate transactions from competition authorities in the United States and internationally.The firm’s antitrust work has involved a wide variety of industries, including Internet product distribution, financial services, cable television and other media, pharmaceuticals, alcoholic beverages, consumer products, airlines, automobile rentals, mining and manufacturing.Chambers USA recommends senior Debevoise antitrust lawyers as leaders in the field.