Baker Botts L.L.P.

Litigation / Antitrust

Partner

Paul Cuomo, a partner in the firm’s Antitrust and Competition practice, advises clients on all aspects of antitrust law. In addition to the U.S. DOJ and FTC, Paul appears regularly in person before international competition agencies, including the European Commission, the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (MOFCOM), the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Canadian Competition Bureau, in connection with multijurisdictional merger reviews. Paul also regularly represents third parties in merger investigations and provides risk arbitrage advice. Outside of the merger arena, he counsels on antitrust compliance issues and in civil non-merger and criminal grand jury investigations and antitrust litigation.

The former Partner in Charge of the firm’s Washington office, Paul serves as Antitrust Compliance Officer for the National Association of Music Merchants, a 9,000+ member association of manufacturers, retailers and distributors of musical instruments and products under the terms of the Association’s settlement agreement with the FTC.

District of Columbia and Maryland Bars; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; District Courts for the Southern District of California, Eastern District of Wisconsin, and District of Columbia; ABA Section of Antitrust Law

J.D., American University, Washington College of Law 1995;

B.A., Villanova University 1992