Practice Areas
Matt Tabas has extensive experience handling clients' most complex antitrust issues. His practice focuses on government reviews of mergers and acquisitions, antitrust litigation, civil government investigations, and antitrust counseling. In particular, he represents clients in all phases of merger clearance, before the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), state antitrust enforcement authorities, as well as before federal courts in litigated challenges by the government. He also frequently represents clients in high-stakes civil antitrust litigation.
Matt regularly represents clients in a wide range of industries, including healthcare, life sciences, medical devices, technology, media and entertainment, telecommunications, semiconductors, consumer products, food, and retail.
Prior to joining the firm, Matt served as a counsel to the director in the FTC's Bureau of Competition where he advised two Bureau of Competition Directors on antitrust issues affecting the healthcare, life sciences, technology, and chemical industries. Matt also worked as an attorney in the Mergers IV Division of the FTC, where, among other assignments, he led merger investigations into the mergers of healthcare providers.
Personal
J.D., St. John's University School of Law, 2008; A.B., Colby College, 2003, cum laude