Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates, Antitrust

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Our Antitrust and Competition Group possesses the unique and proven ability to pilot the most sophisticated international competition investigations, merger reviews and litigations through the complexities of an always shifting framework. Given that today’s competition law enforcers increasingly coordinate, clients should expect the same from their counsel.

In 2019, Skadden was named Transatlantic Antitrust Team of the Year by The American Lawyer and Legal Week at the Transatlantic Legal Awards for the second consecutive year, as well as Competition Team of the Year at the Legal Business Awards. The firm also won The American Lawyer’s 2018 White Collar/Regulatory Litigation Department of the Year and the New York Law Journal's 2018 Litigation Department of the Year. We rank among the Top 10 in Litigation as well as Mergers in Global Competition Review’s GCR 100.

Chambers Review

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Antitrust - New York

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates has a market-leading antitrust team that is sought out by clients for merger clearance work in the USA and across a plethora of global jurisdictions in Europe, Asia and beyond. The firm also offers excellent defense counsel in complex civil and criminal litigation as well as deft handling of cartel matters. The group serves as antitrust compliance counsel for clients from the healthcare, finance and sporting industries, among others.

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Work Highlights

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP represented Apple in a class action alleging horizontal price-fixing between Apple and Google in the search engine market.

Strengths

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Skadden, Arps is a go-to firm for antitrust transactional and compliance advice.

Antitrust respondent
USA

Skadden are a go-to for the full range of antitrust issues. They are very intelligent, able to think holistically and quickly understand complexities and navigate intricacies.

Antitrust respondent
USA

Skadden owns the issues from beginning to end, offering technical expertise, commercial advice and navigating complex antitrust processes with experience and sophistication.

Antitrust respondent
USA

Skadden is top shelf. They are incredibly knowledgeable, practical and responsive.

Antitrust respondent
USA

Skadden, Arps has a superb capability to deal with complex matters. The lawyers are knowledgeable, highly competent and always calm under pressure.

Antitrust respondent
USA

Skadden, Arps is a go-to firm for antitrust transactional and compliance advice.

Antitrust respondent
USA

Skadden are a go-to for the full range of antitrust issues. They are very intelligent, able to think holistically and quickly understand complexities and navigate intricacies.

Antitrust respondent
USA

Skadden owns the issues from beginning to end, offering technical expertise, commercial advice and navigating complex antitrust processes with experience and sophistication.

Antitrust respondent
USA

Skadden is top shelf. They are incredibly knowledgeable, practical and responsive.

Antitrust respondent
USA

Skadden, Arps has a superb capability to deal with complex matters. The lawyers are knowledgeable, highly competent and always calm under pressure.

Antitrust respondent
USA

Notable Practitioners

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Clifford H Aronson

Senior Statespeople

Clifford Aronson is a go-to lawyer for clients seeking antitrust clearance for the largest corporate transactions.

Cliff is a strong thought partner.

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Boris Bershteyn

Band 2

Boris Bershteyn frequently acts in complex class action litigation for clients in the financial sector.

Boris is an extremely good writer and an amazing lawyer in the courtroom.

Boris is a true expert. He gets enormously great results and is very practical.

Boris is a genius. He is calm, brilliant and can explain things to anyone.

Boris is very insightful and strategic. He explains things in detail and is efficient with his time.

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Karen Hoffman Lent

Band 2

Karen Lent handles both merger clearance and class action disputes. She has particular expertise in the sports sector.

I think highly of Karen's judgment and focus.

Karen is excellent, knowledgeable and practical.

Karen is a very terrific and excellent litigator.

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Kenneth B. Schwartz

Band 3

Kenneth Schwartz handles transactional antitrust matters for a broad roster of clients in the technological and entertainment industries.

Ken is easily relied upon. He is very pragmatic with lots of experience.

Ken is knowledgeable and solution-oriented.

Kenneth is highly responsive and commercial and has a great ability to predict where antitrust processes may be going and navigate through them.

Ken's brilliance shines through in his insightful analysis and ability to address complex legal matters with precision and clarity. He helps clients achieve broader business goals effectively.

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Maria Raptis

Band 4

Maria Raptis recognized for her work on high-profile, high-value M&A deals. She has further experience of working on complex issues with cross-border elements.

Maria is immediately responsive and gives solid advice that always considers both business and legal aspects.

Maria is super knowledgeable and a delight to work with.

Maria navigates the antitrust process strategically and smartly.

Maria is a very practical expert that navigates novel issues well. She is very insightful in explaining what is happening with the regulators.

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