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Provided by Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

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

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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.

Work Highlights

  • Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz served as antitrust counsel to Aerojet Rocketdyne in its successful USD5 billion sale to L3Harris. The team responded to scrutiny from federal elected officials and the FTC's Second request.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Ilene Knable Gotts
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Ilene Knable Gotts
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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.

Ilene continues to be one of the very best merger lawyers in the country.

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

Nelson is a fantastic lawyer.

Nelson is a really thoughtful lawyer with a very practical approach.

Nelson is an impressive lawyer.

Christina Ma
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Christina Ma
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Up and Coming

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

Christina is an extremely talented up and comer.

Christina is a creative and responsive lawyer.

Ranked Lawyers at
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

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New York

Antitrust

Ilene Knable Gotts
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Ilene Knable Gotts
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Band 1
Damian Didden
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Damian Didden
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Band 2
Nelson O Fitts
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Nelson O Fitts
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Band 2
Christina Ma
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Christina Ma
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Up and Coming

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