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Baker Botts L.L.P.

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Baker Botts L.L.P. fields a ‘deep and talented collection of antitrust lawyers’ as its antitrust and competition team, regularly instructed to handle the merger review elements of high stakes deals and consequent litigation. Its sector strengths span the healthcare, telecoms, and media and entertainment industries. Team head John Taladay is praised for his practice of ’continuously analyzing the risk derived from the regulator’s view’, advising domestic and international companies in their merger, cartel, litigation and dominance matters. Matthew Adler regularly supports clients through complex, challenged transactions before the Department of Justice and FTC, with notable experience of the chemicals, healthcare, entertainment, and energy sectors, and Jody Boudreault counsels clients on antitrust risk from HSR filing through to agency investigations. International matters are regularly handled by Jeffrey Oliver. Mark Botti departed the team in December 2024. All attorneys based in Washington DC.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘John Taladay has acted as a major part in our transaction structuring, while assisting me to overcome some antitrust issues and make this transaction a real one.'

  • ‘John Taladay, the senior partner, has tens of years of experience and lot of knowledge with antitrust practice. I think the most strong capability is his way of continuously analyzing the risk derived from the regulator’s view, preparing in advance all the answers and supporting materials, and always think a few steps ahead on our next steps.'

  • ‘The Baker Botts antitrust team is a very deep and talented collection of antitrust lawyers and support professionals. They collaborate and build relationships across our organization to facilitate efficient and effective client service.’

  • ‘The Baker Botts antitrust team understand and embrace that they are extensions of our internal teams and processes. They are not point-solutions, but instead constant resources to address our ongoing needs.'

Key clients

  • Akamai Technologies, Inc.
  • Amazon.com, Inc.
  • American Financial Services Association
  • American Industrial Partners, LLC (AIP, LLC)
  • Avenue5 Residential
  • Broadcom Inc.
  • Caterpillar Inc.
  • Celanese Corporation
  • CMC Materials, Inc.
  • Enovis Corporation

Work highlights

Serving as lead antitrust counsel as UnitedHealth Group Incorporated acquired publicly traded Amedisys for $3.3 billion.
Represented Liberty Latin America Ltd. in its acquisition of DISH Network’s mobile wireless spectrum assets in Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands (USVI).
Represented Waste Management, Inc., in its approximately $7.2 billion enterprise value acquisition of Stericycle.

Lawyers

Practice head

John Taladay

Other key lawyers

Matthew Adler

Paul Cuomo

Jeffrey Oliver

Jody Boudreault