Antitrust: Cartel | Global

Long-term, concerted international expansion from its US base has enabled Cleary Gottlieb to become one of the most globally recognised brands in numerous areas of international law. The law firm's broad office network incorporates established teams stationed across key financial and political centres in the USA, Europe, South-East Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.

Cleary Gottlieb is recognised as a distinguished antitrust firm which provides a robust global platform, combining deep roots in the Washington DC market with renowned competition teams across Europe, and is particularly noted for its strength in Brussels. The US antitrust team demonstrates international coordination and project management capabilities within its own network as well as with parties from multiple jurisdictions. The team is regularly sought out for its corporate expertise on merger control issues as well as defending clients against cartel allegations. Cleary Gottlieb is a top choice for major US clients from the technology, financial services and automotive industries requiring transatlantic expertise.

As a top-tier New York practice, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is regularly sought out by major private equity firms and global corporations as a go-to firm for advice on international transactional mandates. Primarily handling high-end corporate/M&A deals as well as sophisticated fund formation, financing and cross-border tax matters.

The firm has an experienced practice, providing advice and representation to blue-chip clients in numerous industries across the spectrum of antitrust matters. Especially well equipped to handle multi-jurisdictional and multinational transactions and investigations. Also noted for antitrust litigation and counselling. Regularly manages competition work for clients in the pharmaceutical, energy and manufacturing arenas.

Wilson Sonsini has a very strong focus on the life sciences sector, with a growing international platform to support global companies looking for specialised industry expertise. Centred largely in the USA, the firm's international work is largely coordinated out of California, with offices in Washington, DC and New York also playing an important role in international antitrust work, while the firm's European offices, particularly Brussels, bring in a transatlantic regulatory capacity.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has an exceptional antitrust practice group advising and representing clients in mergers, government investigations and litigation. Features a top reputation for work in the hi-tech sector. Also noted for its in-depth cartel defence practice in both class and private actions, especially those pertaining to the pharmaceutical and digital advertising sectors.

Winston & Strawn LLP has an impressive bench of antitrust litigators who work with clients across merger litigation, civil cases and criminal investigations on a national and international scale. It is particularly well known for handling cases in the sports industry as well as matters at the intersection between antitrust and IP law. The firm is further looked to for representation in significant cartel proceedings.

Kirkland & Ellis is frequently recognised as a global powerhouse supporting multinational clients in a wide range of practice areas. Its rapid expansion has seen it increase in prominence in European and Asian jurisdictions, including China, Germany and the UK, now offering an excellent platform across the USA and Europe with a strong track record for both inbound and outbound transactions. It continues to handle some of the most complex and sophisticated cross-border transactions and contentious proceedings.

Kirkland & Ellis has a talented team with a reputation for expertise in antitrust, and possesses an impressive and diverse bench of specialists, willing to go to trial in both criminal and civil litigation and also able to get complex mergers cleared by government agencies. It continues to strengthen its national network with an emerging New York presence. The team is noted for its particularly strong client base in the private equity sector as well as sports, leisure and healthcare.

Linklaters is particularly recognized for excellence in cartel work and handles sensitive and highly complex criminal investigations on behalf of large multinational clients. The firm also handles parallel civil litigation and is regularly engaged in high profile cartel cases in the country's biggest industries.

Mayer Brown LLP has an impressive team, constituted of numerous DOJ alumni, that offers representation in cartels, civil litigation and transactional work. It acts for clients from a broad spectrum of industries before regulatory agencies in multiple countries. The firm is noted for litigating antitrust cases in trial and appellate courts across the US, and is proficient in managing cases in the food, healthcare and manufacturing sectors.

Morrison Foerster has a diverse team of antitrust practitioners that provides a comprehensive antitrust service to clients across a spectrum of industries including technology, telecommunication and transportation. It is noted for its cartel expertise and is also adept at handling complex transactions and an array of litigation, including price-fixing, market allocation and monopolization cases.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is a prominent firm that offers excellent representation to clients facing the full spectrum of antitrust issues, including cartel defense, civil litigation, merger clearance and regulatory investigation matters. The firm features an array of blue-chip clients among its extensive antitrust portfolio and continues to gain strength in DC with the addition of well-regarded practitioners. The group is adept in representing those in the technology, telecommunications and healthcare sectors.

Vinson & Elkins LLP has a strong team of antitrust attorneys who cover a wide range of issues including civil and criminal litigation, and government cartel investigations. The firm is also noted for transactional work and compliance counseling, as well as handling conduct investigations and particularly well known for Hart-Scott-Rodino Act expertise. It has strong ties to oil and gas, energy and technology sector clients.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges has forged an excellent reputation internationally through a global platform principally built around its transactional capabilities. The firm's primary headquarters in New York and its impressive London base both act as important global hubs and are coupled with a far-reaching network of offices which extends across the USA and Europe, with Asian operations run from China. All the firm's offices have a principal focus on advising international banks, large multinational corporations and private equity funds. The firm typically offers strength in cross-border finance, restructuring, high-end M&A and tax across its platform.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has a deep bench of antitrust experts, many of whom established their careers at the FTC. Collaboration between New York and DC offices ensures the provision of comprehensive antitrust coverage on M&A, civil litigation and government investigations. It is particularly recognised for its excellence representing clients in the life sciences sector, and further noted for its strong connections to the manufacturing, producing and technology sectors. The firm is also commended for handling cartel proceedings on behalf of both national and multinational corporations.