Arnold & Porter continues to be instructed on large, multi-jurisdictional merger reviews for multinational clients across the technology, energy and payments sectors, with life sciences a particular area of strength. The team is regularly brought in where transactions raise detailed regulatory issues, often alongside wider investigations and litigation. Co-head Michael B Bernstein is regularly instructed by both public and private companies on significant transactions, Niels Christian Ersbøll and C. Scott Lent also co-head the team. Elsewhere in the team, Jonathan Gleklen is a key figure for clients in high technology and network industries, and Sonia Pfaffenroth advises on complex antitrust disputes, drawing on her background at the Department of Justice. Matthew Tabas advises on US antitrust matters, spanning merger clearance, government investigations and litigation. Attorneys are based in Washington DC.
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Accolades

Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Client satisfaction: NPS ®

Key clients

  • AbbVie
  • Boston Scientific
  • BP
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • Kroger
  • Bayer
  • Pfizer
  • AT&T

Work highlights

Secured global merger clearances for Boston Scientific in its US$3.7 billion acquisition of Axonics, Inc.
Representing AT&T as lead antitrust counsel in its acquisition of Lumen’s Mass Markets fiber business for US$5.75 billion.
Representing Palo Alto Networks in its acquisition of CyberArk, an information security company based in Israel, in a deal valued at approximately US$25 billion.

Lawyers

Hall of Fame

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Debbie Feinstein
Debbie Feinstein
Leading partners

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Jonathan Gleklen
Jonathan Gleklen
Michael B. Bernstein
Michael B. Bernstein
Practice head

Michael B. Bernstein; Niels Christian Ersbøll; C. Scott Lent

Other key lawyers

Matthew Tabas; David Emanuelson; William Efron; Sonia Pfaffenroth; Jonathan Gleklen