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Akin Offices
Robert S. Strauss Tower
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-1037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Haidee L. Schwartz
Work Department
Partner; Litigation
Position
Partner; Litigation, Antitrust
To learn more about Ms. Schwartz, please visit his profile here:
https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/haidee-l-schwartz.html
Career
Haidee L. Schwartz focuses on guiding her clients’ transactions through U.S. and international antitrust agency reviews. She represents entities in conduct investigations and provides counsel regarding business operations and planning in relation to U.S. and global competition laws and policy development.
Prior to joining Akin Gump, Ms. Schwartz served as Acting Deputy Director of the Bureau of Competition at the FTC and as an Attorney Adviser to then-Acting Chairman and previously Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen. Haidee draws upon more than 15 years of antitrust experience, as both an U.S. antitrust enforcer and in private practice, where she has represented clients subject to FTC and DOJ merger and conduct investigations, DOJ criminal investigations, and defendants in private antitrust class actions. She also has provided strategic counseling to companies on a wide range of antitrust matters.
Memberships
Vice-Chair, Mergers & Acquisitions, Antitrust Section, American Bar Association
Education
J.D., George Mason University School of Law, magna cum laude, 2006
A.B., Duke University, 1987
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization