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Matthew Wheatley

+1 202 389 3026 matthew.wheatley@kirkland.com

Work Department

Antitrust & Competition

Position

Matthew Wheatley is a partner in the Litigation Practice Group in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice focuses on antitrust and competition.

Education

• George Mason University School of LawJ.D.cum laude2014
  George Mason Law Review
• Brigham Young UniversityB.S., Economics2011

Top Tier Firm Rankings

• Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
• Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
• International Trade > CFIUS
• Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
• Government > Government relations
• Intellectual property > Copyright
• Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
• Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
• Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
• Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
• Environment > Environment: transactional
• Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
• Tax > International tax
• Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
• M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
• Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
• Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
• Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
• Real estate > Real estate
• Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
• Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
• Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
• Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
• Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
• Tax > US taxes: non-contentious

Firm Rankings

• Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
• Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
• Antitrust > Cartel
• Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
• Environment > Environment: litigation
• Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
• Antitrust > Merger control
• Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
• Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
• Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
• Finance > Project finance
• Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
• Government > State attorneys general
• Finance > Structured finance: securitization
• Tax > US taxes: contentious
• Dispute resolution > E-discovery
• Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
• Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
• Energy > Renewable/alternative power
• Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
• Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Healthcare > Life sciences
• Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
• Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
• International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
• Finance > Commercial lending
• Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds