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5

Band 5

Antitrust

California

1 Years Ranked

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Kate Patchen is partner and co-chair of both the firm’s Cartel Defense Practice Group and the firm’s Civil Antitrust Litigation Practice Group. With more than two decades of experience in global antitrust and competition law, she is a leading U.S. and globally recognized antitrust and competition lawyer. Kate focuses her practice on government antitrust investigations, antitrust litigation, and antitrust compliance advice and training. Kate has worked on complex antitrust matters across numerous major industries, including technology, digital advertising, consumer products, and manufacturing.

Kate joined Covington following both a distinguished career in government and as a leader of the Competition and Litigation Department of a major Fortune 100 company. She served as the former Chief and Assistant Chief of the San Francisco Office of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division where she spent sixteen years investigating and litigating antitrust violations. During her time at the Division, she oversaw the Office’s civil and criminal antitrust enforcement programs, including criminal price-fixing, bid-rigging, and no-poach investigations, as well as civil conduct matters and merger review. Following her service in government, she spent several years as Director of Competition and Director of Litigation at one of the largest tech companies in the world where she advised on high-stakes litigation, government investigations, and provided competition legal advice globally. The breadth of Kate’s unique experience, and her insight on antitrust agency priorities, goals, and policies is a valuable asset to companies facing international, domestic, and multi-agency exposure.

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Antitrust - California

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Band 5
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Kate Patchen regularly handles high-stakes cartel proceedings. She is particularly recognized for her work on behalf of clients in the tech sector.

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