Antitrust
With a team that includes numerous former DOJ and FTC lawyers, Latham & Watkins LLP excels in cartel investigations and follow-on litigation defense. Collaborating seamlessly with its European offices, the group represents domestic and multinational clients across a myriad of sectors including pharmaceuticals, retail, software, real estate, and healthcare. The team is jointly led by Michael G. Egge, global chair in Washington DC, Belinda Lee, global vice chair in San Francisco, and Washington DC-based vice chair Lindsey Champlin. Lee is a trusted advisor to clients in the US, Europe, and Asia, guiding them through government investigations and proceedings worldwide, while Egge has an established track record of representing clients in the technology and life sciences sectors. Based in San Francisco, Niall Lynch is highly regarded for his expertise in criminal and civil price-fixing investigations, frequently handling cases spanning multiple jurisdictions, including Brazil, Korea, the UK, and Canada. In New York, former DOJ trial lawyer Elizabeth Prewitt is noted for her expertise on the full spectrum of cartel matters, including investigations, trials, and issues related to price fixing, bid rigging, and no-poach agreements. Amanda Reeves, based in DC, advises across an array of industries, including high-tech, entertainment, media, life sciences, healthcare, and consumer products.
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Belinda Lee, Global Vice Chair of Latham’s Antitrust & Competition Practice, represents global companies in high-stakes litigation and investigations, with particular experience defending private damages actions and navigating clients through international jurisdictions.
Belinda represents global companies in antitrust and complex litigation matters pending in courts throughout the United States, and before government regulators in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
Belinda has extensive experience defending and advising companies in the technology, consumer products, transportation, and manufacturing industries. She has represented these companies in consumer class actions, price-fixing, monopolization, unfair competition, and licensing disputes.
She has defeated class certification several times and regularly guided clients through criminal investigations that close without enforcement action.
Belinda is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and serves by appointment on the Law360 Editorial Board for Competition and the Executive Committee of the Antitrust & Unfair Competition Section of the California Lawyers Association. She serves on the Board of Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus and is a frequent author and speaker on legal issues relating to expert witnesses, antitrust compliance, and law firm diversity.
As the former Global Chair of Latham’s Training and Career Enhancement Committee, Belinda oversaw the formal and informal training programs for all Latham attorneys, from summer associates to senior partners.
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Key clients
- Cendyn
- Avalonbay
- Multiplan
- CoStar
- QuEST Global
- Starkist
- Michelin
- Saint-Gobain
- United Sugar Refiners & Producers
- Equity Lifestyle Properties
- Fanatics
- Glenmark
Work highlights
Defending Cendyn, maker of Rainmaker revenue software, in antitrust litigation related to allegations of price fixing for hotels in Las Vegas and Atlantic City.
Defended AvalonBay in multiple cases related to algorithmic pricing, a novel and developing area of law that will have precedential impacts on how companies leverage technology to achieve competitive prices.
Assisting StarKist Co. in connection with a DOJ criminal investigation and civil MDL litigation.