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Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP Offices
1775 I STREET, NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20006-2401
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Mr Robert B. Bell
Career
Robert B. Bell is a partner in the Washington, DC, office of Hughes Hubbard & Reed. He is a former clerk to US Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White and US District Court Judge Thomas A. Flannery. Robert has wide experience securing antitrust clearance for mergers and acquisitions from both the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission, and in representing companies and individuals in criminal and civil antitrust matters. He also regularly counsels clients on matters involving antitrust litigation and provides antitrust counseling on issues ranging from competitor collaborations to vertical distribution arrangements. His experience covers a wide array of industry sectors, including imaging, communications, defense, entertainment, manufacturing, mining, chemicals and transportation.
Education
Stanford Law School, J.D., 1980, Order of the Coif., Editor, Stanford Journal of International Studies
University of Cambridge, M.A., Economics, 1977
Dartmouth College, B.A., 1975, Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Antitrust > Merger control
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP handles a large number of DOJ and FTC clearance processes for deals in a wide range of industries, representing major clients in telecoms, private equity, and pharma, among others. The Washington DC-based team, led by former Deputy Assistant Attorney General William J. Kolasky , is also able to handle contentious regulatory investigations and enforcement actions relating to mergers, as well as approvals by merger authorities in global jurisdictions. Robert B. Bell is highly experienced in merger clearances, and also offers deep knowledge of vertical distribution arrangements relating to transactions, while Philip Giordano is a former DOJ antitrust enforcer and focuses on the financial services sector. Associate Kristin Millay has a strong record in HSR pre-merger notifications and DOJ merger investigations.
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Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense