Mr John Carroll > Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP > San Francisco, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Mr John Carroll
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Work Department
Antitrust and Competition; Healthcare; Litigation
Position
John D. Carroll is a partner in the Antitrust & Competition Practice Group in the Washington, D.C. office.
John’s practice focuses on civil and criminal antitrust matters, including mergers & acquisitions, strategic counseling and compliance, and global cartel investigations, where he represents clients before the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Federal Trade Commission, and international and state antitrust enforcement authorities.
Prior to private practice, John was in the Mergers I Division of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition for several years. While with the FTC, he investigated, challenged, and negotiated settlements in a number of potentially anti-competitive business combinations in the aerospace, technology, consumer products, defense, healthcare, and pharmaceutical industries and received an Award for Meritorious Service for work on merger litigation.
John frequently speaks and writes on antitrust issues and has held leadership positions in the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law (formerly the Vice-chair of Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Committee and currently a Vice-chair of the Media & Technologies Committee) and the American Health Lawyers Association Antitrust Practice Group (former Social Media Chair).
Memberships
ABA Antitrust Section, Vice-Chair of the Media & Technologies Committee (2021-2022, 2022-2023)
Education
J.D., George Washington University, 2004
B.A., University of Michigan, 2001
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Antitrust > Merger control
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is reputable among a wide range of businesses and private equity investors for its capacity to handle large and prolific flow of HSR filings and domestic and cross-border merger proceedings. The firm combines its active merger work with contentious and litigation expertise, representing clients in fields such as healthcare, energy, tech and manufacturing sectors. Antitrust co-chair Leo Caseria represents clients in complex merger-related litigation, while fellow co-chair Ann O’Brien, who joined the team from BakerHostetler, specializes in criminal and civil government antitrust investigations and litigation. John Carroll advises clients on US and international merger control processes, as well as government investigations. Attorneys mentioned are based in Washington DC.
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Firm Rankings
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Insurance > Advice to insurers