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Jessica Delbaum
Work Department
Antitrust
Position
Partner
Career
Jessica Delbaum is a partner in the Antitrust practice.
Jessica focuses on defending multi-national companies’ mergers and acquisitions before the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice as well as coordinating the multi-jurisdictional antitrust defense of transactions. She also counsels clients on an extensive array of antitrust issues such as competitor collaborations, cartel leniency applications, and Hart-Scott-Rodino Act compliance, including integration planning. Jessica has also defended substantive merger investigations involving a wide variety of industries, including health care, agriculture, media, technology, chemicals and finance.
Prior to joining Shearman & Sterling, Jessica was an Attorney General’s Honors Program Attorney in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. While at the Division, she investigated possible violations of the antitrust laws involving mergers and acquisitions, the reporting and waiting requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act and civil price-fixing.
Memberships
New York
Courts
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
United States Supreme Court
Education
J.D., cum laude
Articles Editor, International Law Journal
B.A. (Economics-Philosophy), magna cum laude
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Antitrust > Merger control
(Leading lawyers)–
A&O Shearman continues to be a highly sought-after destination practice for business-critical mergers and M&A approvals, representing major global clients on highly scrutinized and contentious merger proceedings before the DOJ and FTC, as well as international regulatory authorities, leveraging the firm’s transatlantic offering to collaborate seamlessly with its European offices. The practice continues to be active on high-profile mandates, notably representing JetBlue in its $3.8bn takeover bid for Spirit Airlines. The team includes diverse merger and contentious antitrust experts that have deep agency experience, with practice head David Higbee, a former Chief of Staff at the Antitrust Division, noted for his ability to represent clients in varied industries. Elsewhere in the team, New York-based Jessica Delbaum regularly advises multinational clients before the FTC and DOJ, navigating the complexities of multijurisdictional antitrust defense for transactions, while Ben Gris specializes in antitrust investigations and litigation. Attorneys are based in Washington DC unless otherwise stated. Following the merger between Shearman & Sterling and Allen & Overy in May 2024, the team has expanded. Elaine Johnston is a go-to for business-critical and global mergers, while Noah Brumfield, based in Washington DC, stands out for his expertise in the tech industry, regularly representing clients in high-stakes deals and strategic disputes. Elsewhere in the team, Hugh Hollman, who splits his time between the Washington and Brussels office, is distinguished for his work on global merger reviews, while New York-based Puja Patel, promoted to partner in April 2024, plays a key role in Second Request investigations and merger-related litigation.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Tax > Financial products
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation