Ropes & Gray LLP, Antitrust | Chambers USA Profile

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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

Chambers Review

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Antitrust - Massachusetts

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Ropes & Gray LLP has a multitalented group with leading capabilities in all areas of antitrust, including notable expertise acting for private equity funds and in healthcare transactions. Offers experience in both civil litigation and criminal investigations, and is the leading merger clearance practice in the Massachusetts market. Offers specialist expertise in pre-merger notification. Has achieved extensive successes in front of both domestic and international competition agencies.

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Work Highlights

Ropes & Gray LLP represented Google as trial counsel in an ongoing Department of Justice civil antitrust case related to search and search advertising market monopolization.

Strengths

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Ropes does thorough work and the antitrust department provides pragmatic, risk-based advice.

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The firm is able to understand very complex and sophisticated matters quickly and distill the issues down very effectively.

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The firm provides practical guidance based on deep experience and understanding of the applicable antitrust laws.

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The firm has solid antitrust partners with sophisticated deal experience.

Antitrust respondent
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Ropes does thorough work and the antitrust department provides pragmatic, risk-based advice.

Antitrust respondent
USA

The firm is able to understand very complex and sophisticated matters quickly and distill the issues down very effectively.

Antitrust respondent
USA

The firm provides practical guidance based on deep experience and understanding of the applicable antitrust laws.

Antitrust respondent
USA

The firm has solid antitrust partners with sophisticated deal experience.

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Notable Practitioners

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Jane E Willis

Band 1

Jane Willis is an expert trial lawyer noted for her experience in merger disputes and enforcement actions, regularly appearing before the FTC and state attorneys general.

Jane is an exceptional lawyer and trusted adviser. She has excellent judgment and is also extremely responsive, thoughtful and practical.

She is an excellent attorney and strategist who works closely with the client to advance our business priorities.

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Deidre Johnson

Band 2

Deidre Johnson guides large clients through the merger review process, managing all aspects of antitrust compliance. She is particularly noted for her international work, coordinating efforts across various overseas jurisdictions including the EU, Brazil and Japan.

Deidre is fantastic and very experienced.

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Matthew McGinnis

Band 2

Matthew McGinnis is adept at handling a wide range of antitrust litigations. He represents clients from a variety of industries including the technology space and covers class actions, price fixing suits and DOJ lawsuits.

Matthew McGinnis is a client's dream. He understands complex issues quickly and distills the issues effectively not only to the client, but also to the court.

Matthew McGinnis is very sharp and has strategic instincts.

He has a good, sharp eye for what matters in a transaction.

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