Akin‘s merger control practice is a go-to for contested and high-stakes transactions, with the team regularly steering deals through Second Requests and agency challenges. Gorav Jindal co-leads the firm’s Washington DC-based global antitrust practice from and is a go-to for litigated and Second Request merger reviews, combining engineering and economics expertise with trial-hardened advocacy to steer clients through the most contested clearance processes. Brian Rafkin heads the HSR practice and is a key adviser on reportability and filings across healthcare, chemicals, airlines and tech. Dennis Schmelzer also plays a central role on merger reviews and related investigations.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Akin Gump excels at understanding the intersection of law and business, critical in the mergers and antitrust practices.’
- ‘Gorav Jindal has been instrumental in our treatment of various antitrust and competition activities. He has been exceptional at understanding the business strategy and mapping it to a recommended approach. His coaching has been extremely valuable.’
Key clients
- MRC Global
- Mattress Firm
- Diamondback Energy
- 7-Eleven
- Strata Corp.
- Ari Emanuel
- EOG Resources
Work highlights
Advised MRC Global in its $1.5 billion sale to DNOW, a transaction that combined the two largest distributors for the oil and gas industry
Represented the key shareholders in Mattress Firm’s $4.1 billion merger with Tempur Sealy International, which combined the largest manufacturer of mattresses with the largest retailer of mattresses.
Advised Diamondback in its proposed sale of its interest in the EPIC Crude Oil Pipeline to Plains All American in a transaction valued at $1.57 billion.
Practice head
Gorav Jindal
Other key lawyers
Brian Rafkin; Dennis Schmelzer