Sara Razi

Practice Areas

Sara Razi is Global Co-Chair of the Firm’s Antitrust and Trade Regulation Practice. She is a leading antitrust attorney, focusing on merger reviews, government antitrust investigations, antitrust litigation, and counseling on a variety of competition issues.

Sara regularly represents clients in antitrust investigations by the DOJ, FTC and States, and has secured successful outcomes in numerous complex and closely-watched mergers and high-profile antitrust litigations. Her extensive private-sector and government antitrust experience spans a multitude of industries including healthcare, pharmaceuticals, technology, media, telecommunications, supermarkets and other retail, oil and gas, consumer products, and financial services. Representative clients have included: Ahold N.V., Apax Funds, Best Buy, BMC Stock Holdings, BorgWarner Inc., Change Healthcare, Circana, CSL Ltd., Cypress Semiconductor, Dell Technologies, DIRECTV, Discover Financial Services, Dollar General, EQT A.B. and its portfolio companies, HCA Healthcare, Hellman & Friedman and its portfolio companies, K2M, KKR and its portfolio companies, Lorillard, Mattress Firm, Mars, McKesson, Paramount Global, PPD and Siltronic.

Sara is an authority on antitrust issues and speaks frequently at conferences sponsored by the ABA, law schools, and private organizations.

Career

Joined Simpson Thacher in 2013 after serving in senior roles at the Federal Trade Commission for nearly a decade.

Professional Memberships

Board Member, Legal Aid Society of District of Columbia.

Personal

American University, Washington College of Law, (J.D. summa cum laude, Note and Comment Editor, American University Law Review, 2000); University of Colorado, (B.A. in molecular, cellular & developmental biology, 1995).