Alston & Bird LLP is acting in trials, class actions and MDLs involving bet-the-company risk. The practice is led out of Atlanta by Parker Miller; San Francisco-based Valarie Williams, who is a trusted adviser to companies on complex multinational matters; and John Snyder, based in Washington, DC, whose background as a federal antitrust enforcer brings valuable regulatory insight.
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Testimonials
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- Christy Hull and William Hao are both extremely knowledgeable and have a good understanding of what to push for corporate clients. They possess excellent business knowledge. If they are not familiar with an area of business, they dig in, research, and quickly get up to speed. They are very personable and a pleasure to deal with.
- Excellent knowledge, strategy, communication.
Key clients
- Microsoft Corporation
- U.S. Bancorp
- Fieldale Farms
- AliveCor
- Truist
- Liberty Mutual
- McLane Company
- Lexis Nexis
- Sandoz
- UnitedHealth Group
- Nokian Tyres
- Higher Tech Realty
Work highlights
Served as lead trial counsel for Microsoft in a private merger challenge brought by 10 gamers in the Northern District of California, aiming to block its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard—the largest in Microsoft’s history and the biggest M&A deal of 2022.
Representing U.S. Bancorp in a nationwide antitrust class action alleging that Optimal Blue and dozens of major lenders conspired to fix residential mortgage rates through coordinated data-sharing practices that inflated borrower costs.
Represent UHG/Optum in the E.D. of Missouri against class action allegations that pharmacy benefit managers have engaged in a series of nearly identical business practices around rebating, formulary placement and vertical integration that must be the result of an illegal conspiracy.
Practice head
Valarie Williams; John Snyder; Parker Miller
Other key lawyers
Alex Brown; Andrew Hatchett; Christy Hull; William Hao; Matthew Kent