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Akin Offices
Robert S. Strauss Tower
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-1037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Brian Rafkin
Work Department
Senior Counsel; Antitrust and International Competition
Position
- Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR)
- Antitrust & International Competition
- Antitrust Mergers & Acquisitions
- Antitrust Counseling
- Antitrust Litigation
To learn more about Brian, please visit his profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/brian-rafkin
Career
Brian represents clients in mergers and antitrust investigations before the DOJ and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in a range of industries, including energy, health care, manufacturing, chemicals, airlines, technology, semiconductors and various other industries. He has substantial experience leading clients through challenging merger investigations, from initial deal assessment and negotiation to antitrust agency investigation and through litigation and trial, if necessary, and has developed a niche in defending companies in litigated merger challenges brought by the government. Brian also leads Akin’s Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) practice, including advising on HSR reportability issues and preparing and submitting HSR filings. Prior to joining Akin, Brian was an antitrust associate at two prominent D.C. law firms. Brian also served as a trial attorney at the DOJ Antitrust Division – Defense, Industrials & Aerospace section.
Languages
English
Memberships
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Florida
Education
- J.D., University of Florida College of Law, magna cum laude, 2008
- B.A., Duke University, 2005
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Antitrust > Merger control
The ‘exceptionally experienced’ team at Akin, lauded for its ‘breadth of knowledge’, has a successful track record in high-value, strategic merger clearances, focusing on market-defining transactions for a range of clients facing regulatory scrutiny by US and international agencies. The practice is well-placed to secure multi-jurisdictional clearance for transactions in concert with foreign counsel and the firm’s global offices, particularly London. Practice head Corey Roush regularly represents clients before the FTC, DOJ and state attorneys general on contentious merger-related investigations and litigation. Gorav Jindal is a vastly skilled figure, overseeing all phases of merger investigations conducted by the DOJ and FTC, while Brian Rafkin advises clients spanning the healthcare, chemicals, tech and semiconductors sectors. Attorneys are based in Washington DC.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism