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Latham & Watkins LLP

Antitrust

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Latham & Watkins LLP

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Antitrust - California

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Latham & Watkins LLP is a highly respected antitrust practice with recognized strength in its San Francisco and Los Angeles offices. The team excels in merger clearances and cartel defense and offers particular expertise in matters involving IP issues, especially for technology companies. The antitrust group is frequently retained in large scale class actions and investigations, acting for clients such as major pharmaceutical, life science and electronic manufacturing companies. It also has noted capability handling highly complex antitrust litigation at both trial and appellate levels. Latham & Watkins offers accomplished DOJ and FTC-facing representation aided by several team members offering former governmental experience.

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Work Highlights

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  • Latham & Watkins defended Michelin in class actions filed by direct and indirect purchasers of replacement tires. The case alleges Michelin and other leading tire manufacturers conspired to fix prices throughout the global pandemic.

Strengths

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  • The firm's breadth of knowledge and global coverage, alongside their deep understanding of the regulators, sets them apart from other firms in this space.

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  • Latham is incredibly responsive and is able to provide high-quality advice, with little to no advanced warning.

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  • Latham & Watkins provides a very integrated approach.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Alfred Pfeiffer
    Alfred Pfeiffer

    Alfred Pfeiffer

    Alfred Pfeiffer leads complex antitrust trials for prominent companies in the healthcare, agricultural and telecommunications sectors.
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  • Belinda S Lee
    Belinda S Lee

    Belinda S Lee

    Belinda Lee handles a broad range of antitrust work including cartel defense, private and class action litigation and agency investigations. She appears before US and international regulatory bodies.

    • Belinda is super practical, very strategic and misses nothing.

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  • Niall Lynch
    Niall Lynch

    Niall Lynch

    Niall Lynch skillfully manages cartel matters including high-stakes DOJ investigations. He also leads clients through follow-on civil litigation.

    • Niall knows the players, knows how it works and knows the law inside-out.

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    • Niall is profoundly knowledgeable on the criminal side.

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  • Christopher S Yates
    Christopher S Yates

    Christopher S Yates

    Christopher Yates offers leading technology and sports industry clients expert representation across a wide range of anticompetitive behavior lawsuits.

    • Christopher's experience and knowledge of this sector make him stand out.

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    • Christopher does an amazing job at distilling it down so that it's understandable by lay individuals.

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  • Ashley Bauer
    Ashley Bauer

    Ashley Bauer

    Ashley Bauer handles complex antitrust matters, including government investigations and follow-on civil litigation. She is particularly regarded for coordinating multi-jurisdictional cases relating to price-fixing and damages actions.

    • Ashley is able to explain complicated antitrust class-action principles and present them in a way anyone could understand.

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