With standout capabilities in antitrust litigation in the life sciences, fashion, and luxury goods space, Baker McKenzie LLP acts for household names on the full range of antitrust matters. The team is particularly adept at handling antitrust elements of large mergers. Global antitrust chair Mark Hamer leverages his agency experience from the Antitrust Division to take point on large class actions involving several defendants, while North American antitrust chair Creighton Macy is the go-to name for litigated merger challenges and investigations. At the associate level, former federal prosecutor Ashley Eickhof ably assists on price-fixing and no-poach class actions in the fashion and luxury goods industry. Unless otherwise stated, all mentioned individuals are based in Washington DC.
Key clients
- Sika AG
- PRADA USA
- Dolce & Gabbana
- Polo Ralph Lauren
- CSL Sequirus
- NHK Spring
- EDR Lightbox
- Nielsen Holdings plc
- ALDI
- Scholastic Corporation
- Unilever
- Avelo Airlines
- Helen of Troy
- Christian Hansen
- Spirax-Sarco Engineering
- Immunovant
- Accenture
- Rio Tinto
- Ralph Lauren
Work highlights
- Acting as lead counsel for PRADA in no-poach antitrust litigation in New York, Giordano, et al. v. Saks Fifth Avenue, et al, brought on behalf of all luxury retail employees nationwide, and alleges that numerous luxury retail brands agreed not to solicit, hire or poach workers from competing luxury retailers.
- Representing two different luxury eyewear brands -- Dolce & Gabbana and Polo Ralph Lauren -- in antitrust class action litigation in San Francisco alleging a price-fixing conspiracy in luxury eyewear.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Mark Hamer, Creighton Macy