Latham & Watkins LLP

With multiple victories against enforcement agencies in merger litigation, Latham & Watkins LLP is a trusted advisor to firms facing challenges to their high-profile and critical transactions. The firm is highly regarded for its comprehensive antitrust and competition expertise, including trials, investigations, global merger clearance, and cartel defense. The team’s skilled litigators have consistently demonstrated the ability to defeat cases pre-trial and secure favorable outcomes in trials involving allegations of conspiracy, monopolization, and price-fixing. Based in Washington DC, Mike Egge serves as global antitrust and competition chair. In the Bay Area, Al Pfeiffer has a strong track record of achieving victories in trials, arbitrations, summary judgments, and appeals in complex antitrust cases. Also on the West Coast, vice chair Belinda Lee brings deep strategic insight to managing sweeping multidistrict litigation. Bay Area-based Christopher Yates is a prominent figure in sports antitrust litigation, while in DC Jennifer Giordano offers broad expertise in monopoly, price-fixing, unfair competition, and price discrimination claims.