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Mr Richard Parker
Position
Partner, Antitrust Group
Career
Mr. Parker is a leading antitrust lawyer who has successfully represented clients before both enforcement agencies and the courts.
As an experienced antitrust trial and regulatory lawyer, Mr. Parker has been involved in many major antitrust representations, including merger clearance cases, cartel matters, class actions, and government civil investigations. He has extensive experience representing clients in matters before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division.
From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Parker served as the Senior Deputy Director and then as Director of the Bureau of Competition at the FTC.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Antitrust > Merger control
(Leading partners)The growing antitrust practice at Milbank
boasts a merger control team experienced in managing international merger clearance mandates, and draws on the strength of its antitrust litigation experts. The group has notable expertise in the energy, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and financial services industries, representing clients in merger investigations before the Department of Justice, FTC, European Commission, and member states. Fiona Schaeffer heads the practice from New York, with expertise in the full spectrum of antitrust issues and notable experience handling emerging AI and ESG related issues. In Washington DC, Adam Di Vincenzo focuses his practice on representing clients in government reviews of mergers, often representing private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies. Also in DC, Richard Parker
is recommended for both advisory and trial expertise, and James Weingarten joined the team in June 2024, a former FTC Chief Trial Counsel.
United States > Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
(Hall of Fame)Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame United States > Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Leading partners United States > Antitrust > Merger control
- Merger control United States > Antitrust
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense