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Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Antitrust

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Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

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Cravath’s highly regarded antitrust practice is led by a former Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a former Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division, who are joined by a team of the country’s top antitrust practitioners. We leverage this deep experience and insight in formulating global antitrust strategy, securing regulatory clearance for mergers and acquisitions, and bringing or defending against charges of anticompetitive behavior. Clients turn to Cravath for their most significant—and often unprecedented—antitrust concerns, and we have played a central role in industry- and law‑shaping competition matters for decades.

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Antitrust - New York

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What the Team is Known For

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP has an impressive and varied group that advises and litigates on both civil and criminal antitrust matters and merger compliance matters, often with an international flavor. The firm's practitioners are well versed in the overlap between antitrust and other areas, such as securities and IP law. The team capably handles suits brought by single plaintiffs as well as multi-jurisdictional class actions. Cravath deftly represents clients in the pharmaceutical, technology, financial and automotive sectors.

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Work Highlights

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  • Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP successfully represented The Walt Disney Company and its subsidiary ESPN in resolving antitrust litigation brought by FuboTV concerning a joint venture through which Disney and co-defendants ESPN, Fox and Warner Brothers Discovery would distribute their sports portfolios through a combined streaming platform.

Strengths

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  • Cravath has extraordinary expertise and understanding of antitrust law and guidance. The firm also has a good sense of the political currents impacting policymaking and the regulatory landscape.

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  • Cravath has deep subject matter expertise, and provides excellent client service.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Andrew Finch
    Andrew Finch

    Andrew Finch

    Andrew Finch served as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Antitrust Division of the DOJ. He has wide-ranging knowledge across criminal and civil antitrust issues as well as M&A deals.

    • Andrew provides excellent service, advice and is a creative thinker.

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  • Margaret T. Segall
    Margaret T. Segall

    Margaret T. Segall

    Margaret Segall frequently handles antitrust investigations and approval proceedings for clients in the manufacturing, pharmaceutical and consumer product sectors. She handles clearance for multibillion-dollar transactions as a matter of course.

    • She gets an A+ for client responsiveness.

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  • Yonatan Even
    Yonatan Even

    Yonatan Even

    Yonatan Even is noted for his antitrust litigation practice handling complex disputes for global corporations. He defends class and individual actions as well as suits brought by the government.
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  • Jesse Weiss
    Jesse Weiss

    Jesse Weiss

    Jesse Weiss has an active litigation practice, in which he specializes in complex antitrust litigation, in addition to antitrust counselling and transactional work.

    • Jesse is outstanding, coupling a brilliant understanding of the law with a hard-won, thorough knowledge of our business.

      Antitrust respondentUSA

    • He is very practical and solution-oriented.

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    • Jesse is extremely smart and probably the hardest working lawyer I have met. He understands the area so well and works well with other litigators.

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  • Kevin J Orsini
    Kevin J Orsini

    Kevin J Orsini

    Kevin Orsini has a varied litigation practice, in which he routinely handles a range of antitrust litigation for notable clients. He is also noted for his strength in trial.

    • He is a very accomplished antitrust litigator.

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    • He has consistently proven to be a skillful and creative advocate who has been able to take difficult cases and find good ways to resolve them for us.

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  • Lauren Rackow
    Lauren Rackow

    Lauren Rackow

    Lauren Rackow is commended for her broad antitrust practice. She has expertise in litigation, merger clearance and the provision of compliance advice.

    • She is a HSR Act guru.

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