Commercial Litigation; Antitrust; Franchise

Brandon L. Bigelow is a partner in the Litigation Department of Seyfarth Shaw LLP and Chair of the National Antitrust & Competition Practice Group. He represents clients in complex commercial matters, including franchise disputes, software piracy claims, and antitrust and consumer class action litigation. Mr. Bigelow has appeared before state and federal courts on behalf of clients in a variety of industries, including software designers, motor vehicle and medical device manufacturers, hedge funds, broker-dealers, and pharmaceutical companies. He also counsels clients on compliance issues involving state and federal competition laws, including regulatory review of merger and acquisition transactions under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. Chambers USA has recognized Mr. Bigelow as a leading lawyer in antitrust in Massachusetts. He is also listed in Super Lawyers for his skill in business litigation. Mr. Bigelow teaches as an adjunct professor of law at Boston College Law School. He is a vice chair of the Insurance and Financial Services Committee of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law and a past co-chair of the Class Action Committee of the Boston Bar Association. He has published articles about antitrust, consumer class actions and securities issues in the Boston Bar Journal, Massachusetts Law Review, and various other publications. Prior to his law career, Mr. Bigelow served as a surface warfare officer in the United States Navy from 1994 to 1998, and he now maintains an active maritime practice.

J.D., Boston College Law School (2001) magna cum laude B.A., Cornell University (1994) cum laude