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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Offices
115 F STREET, N.W
WASHINGTON D.C. 20004
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Preston Miller
Work Department
Litigation/Antitrust
Position
Preston Miller, a Partner in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office, focuses his practice on antitrust and competition law. With a particular emphasis on merger review, he has extensive experience obtaining regulatory clearances from domestic and international competition authorities for high-profile, often cross-border, transactions across a wide variety of industries. In addition to securing regulatory approvals, Preston also has experience defending transactions in court, including successfully litigating against the Department of Justice in their challenge to the UnitedHealth Group / Change Healthcare transaction, as well as acting as a key member of the trial team in the FTC’s challenge to the Staples / Office Depot transaction. Preston represents a mix of both private equity and corporate clients, including in a wide range of sectors such as industrial, automotive, life sciences/healthcare, defense, retail, semiconductors, and more.
Career
Partner, Simpson Thacher.
Memberships
American Bar Association.
Education
Georgetown University Law Center (2012 J.D. magna cum laude; Order of the Coif; Pro Bono Pledge Honoree); University of Maryland (2007 B.S.; B.A., Dean’s List).
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Antitrust > Merger control
(Next Generation Partners)Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP leverages its strong profile within the private equity space, advising a number of major buyout funds on global antitrust filings and investigations, combining this work with a notable focus on complex public M&A approvals, offering deep agency experience on mandates facing Second Request investigations as well as antitrust lawsuits brought by the DOJ and FTC. The team is able to handle mergers in highly scrutinized industries, particularly healthcare, with Washington DC-based co-head Sara Razi successfully representing Change Healthcare in the DOJ challenge to its acquisition by UnitedHealth, as well as financial services. New York’s Peter Guryan co-heads the team and is a former Antitrust Division trial attorney, allowing him to handle contentious merger proceedings both domestically and internationally, and is particularly active on behalf of private equity-backed companies and funds. DC-based Preston Miller is an increasingly key team member, focusing heavily on merger review and playing a major role in the Change deal, with senior counsel Richard Jamgochian in New York also noted for his broad sector knowledge and work on antitrust risk analysis at the outset of deals.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners United States > Antitrust > Merger control
- Merger control United States > Antitrust
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- 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
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Finance > Project finance
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Fintech
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)