With noted experience in coordinating wide-ranging civil antitrust defenses, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP‘s New York-based team is sought after by financial services and media clients for representation in price fixing cases and civil disputes arising out of cartel allegations. Leading the practice is Arthur Burke, who splits time between New York and Northern California and advises clients on their obligations under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, in addition to acting for clients in antitrust disputes. In New York, Paul Mishkin and Sheila Adams handle both civil antitrust litigation and regulatory investigations for clients out of the financial services, pharmaceutical and entertainment industries.
Key clients
- Comcast Corporation
- NatWest
Work highlights
- Represented Spectrum Brands Holdings in United States v. ASSA ABLOY AG and Spectrum Brands Holdings in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, in which the DOJ's antitrust division challenged ASSA ABLOY's $4.3 billion acquisition of Spectrum’s Hardware and Home Improvement Division.
- 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.