Charles F Rule

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Co-chair of the Antitrust Group and formerly head of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, Rick Rule currently serves as antitrust adviser to U.S. and international corporations in “bet-the-company” matters, particularly high-profile M&A transactions and antitrust grand jury investigations. He has over 35 years of experience representing corporations and executives in civil and criminal antitrust investigations and in private and governmental litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels. Representative clients include Microsoft, CIGNA, Eli Lilly, Nippon Chemi-Con, Goodyear, ExxonMobil, Dexia, Monsanto, Nucor Corporation, US Airways, Celanese Corporation, Morgan Stanley and The Pasha Group, among others.