Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

The ‘well-rounded antitrust merger shop’ at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP works closely with colleagues in the firm’s litigation and corporate departments across the U.S. and Europe, representing clients in complex, high profile antitrust investigations, litigation, and arbitration. Its merger control work is complemented by strength in cartels and government investigations, antitrust litigation, and risk management and compliance. Team head Barry Nigro works between Washington DC and New York, a former Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and ‘leading expert in the US’  whose practice spans the consumer products, agriculture, transportation, retail, tech, and healthcare sectors. In New York, Aleksandr Livshits has notable expertise in the cybersecurity and software sectors, and Lexi Michaud regularly assists clients with merger clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. Nathaniel Asker departed the team in March 2025. Kathy O’Neill joined the team in March 2025, drawing on government experience to support clients in the airline, technology , and entertainment industries.