Eric Mahr > Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
700 13TH STREET NW
10TH FLOOR
WASHINGTON, DC 20005
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Work Department

Antitrust, Competition, and Trade

Position

Partner and global co-head of antitrust litigation

Career

Eric is an antitrust and litigation partner in our Washington, DC office, and co-chair of the firm’s global antitrust litigation group.

Eric specializes in US antitrust litigation. For the past 20 years, he has represented clients in complex, high-stakes cases at trial and on appeal in federal district and appellate courts throughout the United States. He has defended clients in civil and criminal investigations, enforcement actions, and other regulatory proceedings both in the United States – before the US Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission – and in Europe, before the European Commission and numerous national competition authorities.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP is well versed in handling antitrust suits brought against tech and food sector clients, while also handling investigations and merger reviews by the FTC and DOJ. Washington DC-based Eric Mahr heads the firm’s US antitrust practice and is requested by clients facing civil suits and regulatory challenges both domestically and further afield, particularly in relation to proceedings initiated by the European Commission. June 2023 saw a pair of arrivals strengthen the group, with former Winston & Strawn LLP attorney Heather Lamberg moving to the firm’s DC office and specializing in market allocation and monopolization claims, and Justina Sessions joining from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Silicon Valley, with a practice centered on antitrust cases in the tech industry.