Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ antitrust practice is one of the largest, most diversified and highly respected in the legal business community. The firm provides integrated global counseling, litigation, regulatory and transactional services to a wide range of businesses in regulated and unregulated industries, and handles major antitrust litigation for both plaintiffs and defendants.

We represent clients before the US Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission and state antitrust enforcement agencies on a full spectrum of investigative and litigation matters. We also regularly appear before the European Commission and other regulatory bodies in the EU, Eastern Europe and Asia.

Our attorneys represent clients globally with respect to mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, competition policy, franchising, dealer relations, technology licensing, advertising, trade associations, single-firm conduct and legislative initiatives. We provide integrated solutions to competition related business and litigation issues by working with the firm’s other practice areas. We co-ordinate with the corporate, M&A, IP, restructuring/distress management/insolvency and securities/corporate governance litigation groups to structure transactions and business practices that minimize antitrust concerns.

Our clients include some of the largest corporations in the world, including businesses involved in the pharmaceutical, medical device, retailing, television, publishing, information, oil and gas, airline, computer, automobile, electronics and defense industries. We advise in the telecommunications industry and the financial services sector, including credit grantors and accounting firms. We also work extensively with major trade associations and buying groups involving a full range of regulatory issues.