Mergers, Acquisitions and Joint Ventures

Our lawyers evaluate the competitive impact of mergers and acquisitions, including the risk of Clayton Act challenges. When federal or state antitrust regulators raise issues about a business combination, we negotiate with the regulators to resolve these issues favorably for our client. We also prepare and file Hart-Scott-Rodino notifications.

Another service we provide is analyzing the competitive effects of a client’s cooperative arrangement with competitors, the limits on joint activity and the scope of permissible ancillary restraints. As part of this counseling, we evaluate the likelihood that a joint venture among competitors will be challenged as an unlawful acquisition under Section 7 of the Clayton Act, an unlawful horizontal restraint under the rule of reason or a per se violation of the Sherman Act.