Antitrust/Competition
Antitrust Mergers & Acquisitions
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Private Antitrust Litigation
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Cartels & Government Investigations
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Antitrust Compliance & Counseling
Global Reputation. Shearman & Sterling’s Antitrust Group is widely recognized as one of the most sophisticated competition law practices in the world. With approximately 65 lawyers, including 17 partners and one consultant, located in Brussels, Düsseldorf, London, New York, Paris, San Francisco and Washington DC, our global Antitrust Group offers clients seamless legal advice in today’s borderless landscape.
Capabilities. Clients entrust us with their most critical and complex antitrust matters, from mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and distribution system restructurings, to cartel and civil government investigations, class action and private antitrust litigation, to trade regulation, state aid issues, public procurement, and counseling on day-to-day antitrust and competition law issues. The firm’s vast experience and presence in key antitrust jurisdictions are integral assets in providing a coordinated strategy in multinational transactions and investigations.
Accolades
Ranked among the top firms for Antitrust (Nationwide & New York)
—Chambers USA, 2010
Named “International Competition/Antitrust Law Firm of the Year”
—Corporate International Magazine, 2010
“As a corporate powerhouse, the firm is particularly experienced in international mergers, with a client base composed of multinational companies. This global reach certainly helps with European competition, compliance cartels and state aid proceedings.”
—Chambers Global, 2010
Leadership in the Antitrust Bar. Our antitrust lawyers are frequent speakers at ABA antitrust conferences and other widely followed industry events. Over the past several years Shearman & Sterling's partners have consistently been on the faculty of the ABA and International Bar Association’s antitrust conferences. Our attorneys have served as officers and council members of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law, chairpersons of the Antitrust and Trade Regulation Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and in policy-making positions in the US Department of Justice and the UK Competition Commission. Our attorneys regularly produce publications, such as the Antitrust Digest and Antitrust Unpacked, which address the latest antitrust and competition law issues in the United States, Europe and around the world.
Selected Antitrust/Competition Law Clients
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Allianz
American Airlines
Anglo American
AngloGold
ArcelorMittal
Areva
Axel Springer
Bank of America/Merrill Lynch
BARBRI
Barclays
BASF
Bunge
CAE
Cargolux
Citigroup
Continental
Corus
Covidien
Credit Suisse
Daimler |
Deutsche Bahn
Dun & Bradstreet
Électricité de France
E.ON
Gambro AB
General Healthcare Group
Hilton Worldwide
Huawei
IATA
Ikaria
INA
ING Bank
IntercontinentalExchange
Merck
Neuf Cegetel
Nestlé
Nokia
Norske Skogindustrier
Novartis
Paramount Pictures |
Qualcomm
Republic Services
Rhodia
Rockwell Collins
Royal Bank of Scotland
Saudi Basic Industries
Scandinavian Airlines
Scania
Schindler Elevator
SGL Carbon
Siemens
Société Générale
STMicroelectronics
Sulzer
Sumitomo Rubber
Sun Pharmaceutical
Syngenta
Thomson Reuters
UK PPP Arbiter
Viacom |
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