Vinson & Elkins LLP

Antitrust

Partner

Darren Tucker is the chair of the firm’s antitrust practice group, where he focuses on merger and non-merger antitrust investigations in the technology, energy and pharmaceutical sectors. Darren draws on both his experience as a former Federal Trade Commission attorney and his more than 15 years in private practice to provide valuable insights to clients regarding competition enforcement and policy issues. He advises clients on a range of pricing and distribution issues and helps clients close mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures worth billions of dollars annually.

In addition to representing clients before the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission, Darren has extensive experience on competition matters outside the U.S., having counseled clients on antitrust matters in Europe, Canada, Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Russia and Australia. He is skilled at collaborating with local counsel around the world, and he is among the few attorneys whose practice includes global dominance investigations.