Mr Steven Bizar > Dechert LLP > Philadelphia, United States > Lawyer Profile
Dechert LLP Offices
CIRCA CENTRE, 2929 ARCH STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104-2808
PENNSYLVANIA
United States
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Mr Steven Bizar
Work Department
Litigation
Career
Steven E. Bizar, co-leader of Dechert’s antitrust/competition practice, is a first chair trial lawyer well regarded for his success in the defense of antitrust class action and Section 1 Sherman act cases and his trial of complex commercial disputes in court and before arbitrators. His more than two decades of experience span a diverse range of antitrust and trade regulation, contracts and business torts, government investigations, insurance and reinsurance, securities and corporate governance matters.
Memberships
Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers; Fellow, American Bar Foundation; Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America; Member, The Lawyers Club of Philadelphia; Member, Litigation and Antitrust Sections, American Bar Association; Member, Former President and Board of Trustees, Philadelphia Bar Foundation; Former Member, Board of Governors, Philadelphia Bar Association; Member, Board of Visitors, Columbia Law School; Harlan Fiske Stone Council, Columbia Law School; Member, Dean’s Development Council, Columbia Law School; Member, Alumni Association, Columbia Law School
Education
Brandeis University, B.S., 1984, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa; Brandeis University, M.A., 1987; Columbia Law School, J.D., 1988, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
Working closely with a strong team in Brussels, the competition group at Dechert LLP
advises a number of high-profile corporates on EC and CMA investigations, as well as managing the merger control aspects of major transactions. The practice is jointly steered by Mike Cowie and Steven Bizar, who are both based in the US. The London team includes Douglas Lahnborg, who regularly focuses on national and international competition mandates, and Saira Henry, who is noted for her specialism in NSIA notifications.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)