Christine A Varney

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Christine A. Varney is Chair of Cravath's Antitrust Practice. Ms. Varney has been widely recognized as one of the leading antitrust lawyers in the United States in both private practice and in government service, and she is the only person to have served as both the U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust and as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Ms. Varney formulates global antitrust strategy for clients in connection with joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and other business transactions, including advising on business conduct or potential investments to ensure compliance with antitrust laws, securing antitrust regulatory approvals, and handling internal or governmental investigations into anticompetitive behavior. Her clients span diverse industries, including cable, financial services, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, retail, transportation, technology and telecommunications.

Career

Chair of Antitrust Practice; partner since 2011. U.S. Assistant Attorney General, DOJ Antitrust Division (2009-11); Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission (1994-97). Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1986); Syracuse University (M.P.A., 1982); State University of New York, Albany (B.A., 1977).

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