Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Senior Counsel in the Washington, D.C. Office

Robert B. Bell is senior counsel in the Washington, DC, office of Hughes Hubbard & Reed. He is a former clerk to US Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White and US District Court Judge Thomas A. Flannery. Robert has wide experience securing antitrust clearance for mergers and acquisitions from both the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission, and in representing companies and individuals in criminal and civil antitrust matters. He also regularly counsels clients on matters involving antitrust litigation and provides antitrust counseling on issues ranging from competitor collaborations to vertical distribution arrangements. His experience covers a wide array of industry sectors, including imaging, communications, defense, entertainment, manufacturing, mining, chemicals and transportation.

Stanford Law School, J.D., 1980, Order of the Coif., Editor, Stanford Journal of International Studies University of Cambridge, M.A., Economics, 1977 Dartmouth College, B.A., 1975, Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude