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Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Antitrust

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Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

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Wachtell Lipton’s antitrust practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and government investigations, including international antitrust and banking antitrust issues.

We analyze transactions to determine whether they raise antitrust issues, develops strategies to address those potential concerns, and represents clients before the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, state attorneys general and foreign antitrust enforcement authorities, and in litigation challenging transactions on antitrust grounds. We take a leading role in virtually all of the mergers and acquisitions in which we are involved.

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Antitrust - New York

Band 1

What the Team is Known For
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz has a deep bench of transactional antitrust experts who represent elite organizations both within and beyond the borders of New York. The group regularly demonstrates sophisticated and strategic counseling abilities in the closing of multibillion-dollar deals.
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Work Highlights

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  • Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz represented Capital One Financial in its successful $35 billion acquisition of Discover Financial Services.

Strengths

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  • The firm is best in class in the handling of large, complex M&A transactions from negotiation through closing and post-close, including skill with antitrust and regulatory filings.

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  • The firm has an outstanding mix of technical knowledge, experience, dedication to clients, understanding of the markets and business issues and strategic approach.

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  • Wachtell has significant experience here and are very good at guiding antitrust and corporate streams together.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Ilene Knable Gotts
    Ilene Knable Gotts

    Ilene Knable Gotts

    Ilene Knable Gotts is an esteemed antitrust practitioner noted for her capabilities in high-level merger clearance work. She deftly handles domestic US and cross-border representations.

    • She is an excellent partner on providing antirust counselling for transactions and making sure corporate and antitrust are in sync.

      Antitrust respondentUSA
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  • Damian Didden
    Damian Didden

    Damian Didden

    Damian Didden frequently advises on merger clearance proceedings for clients in the technological, financial and manufacturing sectors. His practice is both domestic and international in scope.
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  • Nelson O Fitts
    Nelson O Fitts

    Nelson O Fitts

    Nelson Fitts manages a broad range of antitrust issues including transactional adjacent matters pertaining to acquisitions, joint ventures and takeovers.

    • He is an excellent communicator.

      Antitrust respondentUSA

    • Nelson does a ton of sophisticated deals.

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  • Christina Ma
    Christina Ma

    Christina Ma

    Christina Ma garners much praise for her flourishing practice advising on the antitrust aspects of M&A including cross-border deals.

    • Christina is a very good lawyer.

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