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Ropes & Gray LLP

Antitrust: Litigation Specialists

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Ropes & Gray’s global antitrust team offers top-flight representation across the full spectrum of antitrust matters. Built around veterans of the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission, and including litigators and former prosecutors with deep antitrust experience, our global team has the experience, knowledge, and everyday understanding of business practices to help clients in all areas of antitrust law.

To learn more about our practice, please visit: https://www.ropesgray.com/practices/antitrust.aspx

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Antitrust: Litigation Specialists - District of Columbia

What the Team is Known For
Ropes & Gray LLP has a robust and experienced antitrust practice with a focus on sectors such as life sciences, telecommunication and technology. Further strength assisting private equity houses on acquisitions. Boasts a strong roster of attorneys, including a number of former agency lawyers, who cover the full spectrum of its clients' antitrust needs. A go-to firm for Hart-Scott-Rodino filings and second request procedures. Also noted for its strength in civil and criminal antitrust litigation.
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Work Highlights

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  • Ropes & Gray LLP advised Pfizer on the antitrust aspects of its $10 billion acquisition of Metsera.

Strengths

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  • Ropes' attorneys are very personable, have very good litigation strategy and a wealth of knowledge on antitrust law.

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  • The team have excellent experience and a practical approach. They are great deal counselors and super responsive.

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  • Ropes & Gray are exceptionally responsive and organized. They have a great understanding of DOJ and the law. They really dig in to provide effective practical advice.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Mark Popofsky
    Mark Popofsky

    Mark Popofsky

    Mark Popofsky is highly regarded for his skills as a litigator and trial lawyer. He handles an array of antitrust as part of a wider commercial litigation practice. He is particularly noted for his expertise in antitrust class actions including follow-on cartel cases.

    • Mark has exceptional legal expertise in antitrust space.

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    • Mark is super smart. He knows the case law like the back of his hand. He is sophisticated with economic concepts and understands the issues at an incredible level of depth.

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    • Mark is a fabulous antitrust litigator and counselor.

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    • Mark is a brilliant antitrust lawyer and an indispensable resource with decades of experience. He has encyclopedic knowledge of antitrust and commercial strategies.

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  • Jonathan Klarfeld
    Jonathan Klarfeld

    Jonathan Klarfeld

    Jonathan Klarfeld has notable expertise in merger clearance and litigated challenges.

    • Jonathan is incredibly responsive and is able to give timely and very practical advice. He takes the business necessities into account.

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    • Jonathan is great. He has detailed, sophisticated knowledge of antitrust law with a particularly deep sense for deal risk and practical approaches to transactions.

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    • Jonathan is always knowledgeable and always highly responsive.

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  • Michael McFalls
    Michael McFalls

    Michael McFalls

    Michael McFalls is particularly recommended for his representation of pharmaceutical and medical device companies in FTC and DOJ investigations both in respect to corporate transactions and anticompetitive conduct.

    • Michael is an excellent lawyer.

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  • Jacqueline Grise
    Jacqueline Grise

    Jacqueline Grise

    Jacqueline Grise is noted for her agency-facing work, handling a range of administrative matters as well as guiding clients through the merger clearance process. She also provides antitrust compliance counseling.

    • Jacqueline is a really strong lawyer.

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    • Jacqueline gives direct advice and really gets to the point.

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