Partner

Paul Jin is a partner in the firm’s Antitrust and Competition practice. Paul’s antitrust expertise covers a broad spectrum of commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, B2B collaborations, and pricing and supply arrangements. Paul regularly serves clients by assessing transaction-related antitrust risk, negotiating terms of agreements, and determining the applicability of merger clearance filing requirements in both US and foreign jurisdictions. Paul routinely advocates on behalf of clients before the FTC, DOJ, and state regulators in connection with informal inquiries, Second Requests, third-party subpoenas, and conduct investigations. He also provides antitrust counseling on issues such as diligence and pre-closing conduct procedures, internal compliance programs, hiring and non-compete agreements, vendor agreements, interlocking directorates, and competitor collaboration guidelines. He has extensive knowledge of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) regime and has filed hundreds of notification forms with the FTC and DOJ for mergers, minority investments, asset acquisitions, and corrective fillings.

Prior to joining Goodwin in 2018, Paul was a partner in the antitrust practice at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, and previously practiced at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP.

JD, 2003, Northwestern University School of Law / BA, Economics, 2000, Duke University