Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP‘s antitrust and competition practice works together with experts from the firm’s white-collar group to offer advice on the full range of criminal and civil cartel matters, with notable strength in multijurisdictional proceedings. Recent work highlights include the securing of a dismissal of criminal antitrust charges against an individual in connection with a DOJ criminal investigation and an indictment alleging price fixing in the broiler chicken industry. Jarrett Arp heads the firm’s antitrust practice in Washington DC and specialises in advice on antitrust and competition law, as well as investigations and litigation at trial and appellate court levels. Leading the firm’s global antitrust and competition group, New York’s Arthur Burke is engaged by domestic and international technology and media companies as well as financial institutions for advice on cartel and antitrust aspects of M&A transactions, civil litigation and investigations. Also in New York, Paul Mishkin is particularly adept in matters regarding the alleged manipulation of benchmark rates and prices for financial products.
Key clients
- NatWest
- Syngenta
Work highlights
- Represented an executive in the chicken supply industry against criminal charges brought by the DOJ for allegedly participating in a conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for broiler chicken products.
- Represented Syngenta in connection with antitrust lawsuits filed nationwide both by the FTC and state attorneys general, and by private plaintiffs in purported class action lawsuits, regarding 'crop inputs' and 'loyalty rebate programs'.