Dechert LLP

Antitrust/Competition

Partner

Mike Cowie, Co-Chair of Dechert's global antitrust/competition group, has handled high-profile, strategic projects for some of the world’s largest and most successful companies. His advice builds upon insights gained while directing antitrust investigations for the government.

Mr. Cowie served in the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition as Assistant Director, where he managed a 25-attorney team responsible for antitrust merger investigations. Mr. Cowie earlier served as the FTC’s Senior Litigation Counsel responsible for leading the Commission’s antitrust litigation. The FTC awarded Mr. Cowie several honors, including the FTC’s Meritorious Service and Superior Service awards, and selected him to represent the FTC in its Merger Investigation Best Practices Initiative.

He has led the work obtaining government approval for transactions that have been recognized as Global M&A Deal of the Year by the American Lawyer, Deal of the Year by The Deal, Merger Control Matter of the Year by Global Competition Review, and Innovative Project of the Year by the Financial Times.

ABA Antitrust Section, Long Range Planning Committee (2016), Foreign Investment and Antitrust Interface Task Force (2013-2015) Vice Chair, Antitrust Programs (2011-2013) Vice-Chair, Mergers & Acquisition Committee (2008-2010) Editorial Board, Competition Law 360 (2011-2013) Editor, Antitrust Law Journal, Antitrust Magazine, and The Antitrust Source (1997-2005) Chair, Antitrust Committee, ABA’s Administrative Law Section (2004-2005)

Hobart and William Smith Colleges, B.A., Economics, 1986, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Honors in Economics, Omicron Delta Epsilon Economics Honorary Society Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1989, cum laude, Editor of The Georgetown Law Journal