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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)Praised for its ‘efficient and creative counsel’, the team at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP guides clients through complex domestic and cross-border transactions in key industries including chemicals, financial services, pharma, telecoms and entertainment. The practice excels in domestic and international merger filings, DOJ and FTC investigations, including Second Request processes, and merger-related litigation. New York-based global co-chair Peter Guryan, described as ‘extremely intelligent, responsive, respectful and practical‘, continues to be highly successful in merger mandates, notably representing L3Harris Technologies in its $4.7bn acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings. Sara Razi also co-chairs the antitrust team and is a key name for DOJ and FTC merger investigations as well as cross-border mandates, while Preston Miller has expertise in merger approvals and related investigations across a wide variety of industries. Karen Kazmerzak joined from Sidley Austin LLP in 2023, contributing significant experience of antitrust prosecution on the agency side. All lawyers mentioned are based in Washington DC, unless otherwise stated.
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
- 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+)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- 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
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- 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 > Project finance
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- 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
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Finance > Fintech