Belinda Lee > Latham & Watkins LLP > San Francisco, United States > Lawyer Profile

Latham & Watkins LLP fields numerous lawyers with previous experience working for the DOJ and FTC, and has a successful track record in dealing with both cartel investigations, as well as follow-on litigation defense. Working together closely with the firm’s offices in Europe, the group is sought out by domestic and multinational companies from various sectors such as pharmaceuticals, retail, software, real estate, and healthcare. The team is headed by global chair Amanda Reeves in Washington DC, and global vice chair Belinda Lee in San Francisco, with Lee being recommended for advising US, European and Asian clients in government investigations before regulators and courts across the globe. Also in San Francisco, Niall Lynch is lauded for acting in criminal and civil price-fixing investigations, including those with ties to Brazil, Korea, the UK and Canada. As a former DOJ trial lawyer, New York-based Elizabeth Prewitt is adept at the full spectrum of cartel work, including investigations and trials relating to price fixing, bid rigging and no-poach agreements.

Latham & Watkins LLP ‘s ‘top notch antitrust and civil litigation attorneys’ deploy their antitrust expertise across a range of matters, with particular skill in handling cases concerning algorithmic price fixing and the sports sector. The practice is set up to represent clients facing actions in the US and abroad, working with its teams in Brussels and further afield to assist with investigations and litigation arising thereof. The practice is led in tandem by Washington DC’s Amanda Reeves, who assists clients hailing from a range of industries when facing monopolization claims, while Belinda Lee represents clients facing unfair competition claims and consumer class actions out of the San Francisco office. Christopher Yates, also based in San Francisco, defends clients in the face of aftermarket monopolization claims and antitrust matters in the sport and entertainment industries, with Washington DC-based Jennifer Giordano handles class actions linked to both monopolies and monopsonies, price fixing and tying allegations. Al Pfeiffer is counsel of choice for a number of Fortune 500 companies in dominant firm conduct proceedings, with Aaron Chiu advising clients in the digital and sports fields on antitrust matters; both are based in San Francisco. Made partner in January 2023, Anna Rathbun in Washington DC handles DOJ and FTC investigations, as well as cases before other foreign regulators.

Counting a bevy of high-profile US and multinational actors in the tech, entertainment, food and pharma industries among its clients, Latham & Watkins LLP‘s antitrust group handles a prolific flow of HSR filings, government investigations, and litigation. Leveraging its extensive global network, the team possesses broad multijurisdictional capabilities, regularly working with its teams in Paris and Brussels on cross-border merger control mandates. In a standout representation for Washington DC-based global antitrust chair Amanda Reeves, the firm represented Endeavor in its $21bn acquisition of World Wrestling Entertainment, which included obtaining merger clearance in the UK and Saudi Arabia. Bay Area-based vice chair Belinda Leeis a key port of call for clients on complex litigation matters before the government regulators in the Americas, Europe and Asia, while Michael G. Egge, based in DC, has a proven track record in representing clients within the technology and life sciences sectors. New York-based Katherine Rocco is noted for her extensive litigation experience, regularly advising some of the world’s leading private equity firms on antitrust litigation and investigations. The Bay Area’s Kelly Fayne represents clients across the technology, private equity, logistics and media sectors.