John Taladay

Chair of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition practice, John Taladay is well-recognized as a leading global antitrust practitioner, with extensive experience in gaining complex merger approvals, defending criminal cartel investigations and managing complex international competition matters before the FTC, DOJ, European Commission and other international agencies. He also acts as lead counsel in complex civil class action antitrust and competitor litigation matters involving nearly all aspects of antitrust laws. John is recognized for his extensive international competition policy leadership and his expertise in the technology, media, software and pharmaceuticals sectors, and traditional industries including automotive, mining, metals, agriculture, chemicals and electronics.

District of Columbia Bar; United State Supreme Court; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Chair of the Competition Committee, Business at OECD; past Chair, Competition Committee, U.S. Council for International Business; Non-Governmental Advisor to the International Competition Network for over 15 years; member, ICC Commission on Competition; Co-Chair of Procedural Transparency Task Force, and Council, ABA Section of Antitrust Law.

LL.M. Georgetown, 1999; J.D., University of North Carolina, 1989; B.S., Pennsylvania State University, 1986