Latham & Watkins LLP

Kelly Fayne guides many of the world’s most innovative companies through the evolving global antitrust landscape to advance their strategic objectives.

One of the sharpest economics minds in the antitrust bar, Kelly leverages data and cutting-edge economics to craft winning strategies for companies at the forefront of technology and innovation. She guides companies at the forefront on:

• • Global deal clearance strategies for their global M&A
  • Antitrust litigation, including merger defense
  • Antitrust compliance and counseling
  • Government conduct investigations before antitrust regulators in the US, EU, UK, Australia, and across Asia and Latin America

She represents clients from a wide range of industries and helps them navigate the strategic risk calculus unique to highly scrutinized sectors. Kelly also helps clients distill complex antitrust economic analysis and econometrics into persuasive arguments, including related to Web3 and AI technology.

A recognized leader in the industry and within the firm, actively participates in the ABA Antitrust Law Section, for which she frequently writes and speaks on a range of antitrust issues and serves as Vice Chair of the Economics Committee. She has also served as senior editor of the ABA Antitrust Law Section’s Antitrust Law Journal.

Kelly is a local leader of Latham’s Bay Area Women Enriching Business (WEB) Committee, a firmwide initiative developed to promote the long-term success of women lawyers and executives.

Before law school, Kelly was an analyst at a major economic consulting firm, where she supported expert economists in antitrust and intellectual property matters.