Expanded Merger Review Under the Biden FTC: Implications for Horizontal and Vertical M&A

Mr. Bachman advises clients on all aspects of antitrust law, representing companies in merger clearance proceedings and other investigations conducted by the U.S. DOJ Antitrust Division and FTC, as well as in high-stakes antitrust litigation. He also regularly counsels clients regarding the impact of the antitrust laws on their day-to-day business activities, such as standard setting, compliance programs and audits, sales and marketing practices, and licensing, royalty and settlement agreements.

Ms. Donahue practices in the firm’s antitrust, competition and trade regulation and investigations, enforcement and white collar practice groups. She focuses her practice on domestic and international internal investigations, corporate criminal defense, complex commercial litigation, and antitrust counseling. Ms. Donahue has extensive experience representing clients in international and domestic cartel and fraud investigations and related class actions. Her cases involve a wide range of issues, including price-fixing, market allocation, bid-rigging, no-poach agreements, monopolization, fraud, unfair competition and other restraints of trade. Ms. Donahue has conducted numerous domestic and global internal investigations for major corporations across a variety of industries. She regularly defends corporations and individuals who are subjects of federal and state grand jury subpoenas, cross-border investigations and enforcement proceedings.

Mr. Mann is counsel at the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He is a member of the Antitrust, Competition, and Trade Regulation practice group. Mr. Mann is a former FTC attorney.