What To Expect From Antitrust Policy Under Makan Delrahim

April 10, 2017 - President Donald J. Trump has announced his intention to nominate Makan Delrahim to lead the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). This position requires Senate confirmation. Mr. Delrahim currently serves as Deputy Assistant and Deputy Counsel to the President, and was previously a partner at the national law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. Prior to his time in private practice, Mr. Delrahim served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the DOJ's Antitrust Division from 2003 to 2005, and as Chief Counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 2000 to 2003. During his career, he has served on the U.S. Attorney General's Task Force on Intellectual Property, as Chairman of the Merger Working Group of the International Competition Network, and as a Commissioner on the U.S. Antitrust Modernization Commission.¹ Mr. Delrahim is known for his interests in enhancing global antitrust cooperation and enforcement, as well as his