DEPARTMENT PROFILE

Troutman Pepper

Antitrust

3 ranked lawyers

Band 2

Pennsylvania

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What the team is known for

A strong group with a well-established presence in the Pennsylvania antitrust market. Has particular expertise in class action litigation cases within the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors and is noted for its handling of cases at the intersection of IP and antitrust law. Additionally proficient in representing clients within the manufacturing, technological and construction industries. Also noted for its provision of merger clearance advice to corporate and private equity clients

Strengths

A client says: "They are excellent advocates who communicate well. They are thorough, attentive and their written legal pleadings are of the highest caliber."

"It is a very good firm with a deep bench," notes a source.

Work highlights

Represented GlaxoSmithKline as lead counsel in a series of direct and indirect purchaser putative class actions challenging a patent litigation settlement.

Notable practitioners

Barbara Sicalides heads the firm's antitrust department. She is considered an expert in a range of antitrust matters, including defending investigations brought by the Department of Justice, advising corporations on compliance issues and working on price-fixing cases.
"She is an excellent litigator who displays really good judgment." "An excellent antitrust attorney." "She is an outstanding lawyer."

Jan Levine focuses her practice on representing pharmaceutical and healthcare companies in antitrust cases such as price-fixing and conspiracy allegations.
"She is very smart and strategic."

Robin Sumner has excellent capacity to effectively handle antitrust cases for pharmaceutical and healthcare companies.
"She is really knowledgeable about antitrust law." "She is smart and capable."

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Overview

Our Antitrust group is best known for taking creative, practical, and efficient approaches to complex antitrust problems, whether in counseling, litigation, or transactions. Our attorneys guide clients through the complex and highly regulated challenges of business competition issues in the United States as well as abroad, and have extensive experience in multidistrict antitrust cartel class action litigation, health care, reverse payment, and other pharmaceutical competition litigation and counseling. We also provide counseling regarding intellectual property and other types of restraints, allowing clients to achieve their commercial goals with the least possible risk.

Our team represents clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to new entrants in a broad range of industries, including software, high-tech, building materials, chemicals, energy, publishing, media and entertainment, transportation, telecommunications, sports, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and health care.