Maureen K Ohlhausen

Practice Areas

Antitrust Civil Enforcement

Antitrust Compliance and Business Strategy

Antitrust Litigation

Antitrust Merger Clearance

Antitrust and Competition

Antitrust and Intellectual Property

Federal Trade Commission

Government Investigations

Litigation

Privacy and Cybersecurity

Supreme Court and Appellate

Third-Party Merger and Non-Merger Antitrust Representation

Career

Prior to joining Wilson Sonsini, Maureen was a partner and co-chair of the global antitrust and competition law group at an international firm. She has represented numerous Fortune 100 companies in government investigations and merger reviews, achieving global clearances and successful resolutions. Before joining the FTC, she was a partner at a national communications and technology law firm. Maureen has consistently been listed in Chambers Global and Chambers USA, and was named a leading US litigator by Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America.

Maureen has held the highest-ranking position at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), having served as Acting Chairman and Commissioner. She also served as the head of Policy Planning at the FTC, leading key initiatives in digital commerce issues. To date, she is the only FTC Commissioner to have received the Robert Pitofsky Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her contributions to the FTC.

Publications

Maureen is a frequently published author and speaker, and is often quoted by leading media outlets on antitrust, FTC, and privacy and data security matters. She has also testified over two dozen times before Congress, including before the Senate Commerce Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Antitrust Sub-Committee, as well as the Antitrust Modernization Commission. Her scholarship has been cited approvingly by U.S. Courts of Appeal and the U.S. Supreme Court.