Latham & Watkins

Latham & Watkins ‘s Antitrust & Competition practice is co-led from Washington DC by Michael G. Egge and Lindsey Champlin, with Lawrence Buterman providing senior leadership from New York. The team is noted for its depth of former federal experience and its ability to handle complex cartel defense and conduct investigations alongside broader civil and criminal antitrust matters. DC-based partners anchor the firm’s cartel defense and conduct investigations. Egge and Champlin provide strategic oversight on the firm’s most sensitive cartel matters, leveraging deep experience to advise on a full spectrum of complex antitrust issues. Marguerite Sullivan brings deep experience representing clients in civil and criminal enforcement matters, including bid-rigging, algorithmic pricing, consent decree investigations, and follow-on litigation. From New York, Buterman plays a central role in defending corporations and executives in criminal cartel investigations, including price-fixing, bid-rigging, market-allocation, and algorithmic pricing matters, and is regularly involved in leniency assessments and negotiations with US prosecutors. Elizabeth Prewitt supports major cartel and conduct matters through follow-on class actions and antitrust compliance counseling. The San Francisco office provides additional depth in complex cartel and antitrust litigation. Belinda Lee, Niall Lynch, Ashley Bauer, and Brendan McShane handle criminal cartel investigations, parallel civil proceedings, and multijurisdictional enforcement matters, drawing on prior DOJ experience and extensive trial backgrounds, particularly in matters involving algorithmic pricing and coordinated conduct.