Equally adept at handling both plaintiff and defendant-side work, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP acts for blue-chip clients in the automotive, proteins, real estate, energy, and financial services industries. Mike Bonanno, in Washington DC, has extensive experience advising defendants from the software and pharma industries in federal investigations and antitrust litigations before federal courts. San Francisco’s John Potter handles claims of unlawful business practices in the energy industry, and Sami Rashid regularly represents corporate defendants in class actions spanning a variety of industries, including food and agriculture from New York. Bonanno, Potter, and Rashid jointly head the antitrust practice. Debra Bernstein, in Atlanta, takes point on bet-the-company and large corporate opt-out litigations in the tech industries and also handles antitrust-related IP cases. In Los Angeles, core individuals include Adam Wolfson and Kevin Teruya; the duo are key contacts for clients in the automotive and tech industries.

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Key clients

  • National Association of REALTORS
  • Ningde Amperex Technology Limited
  • Vitol, Inc.
  • Pacific Dental Services, LLC
  • SalMar ASA
  • Scottish Sea Farms Ltd.
  • JBS USA
  • Airbus
  • Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation
  • Citadel
  • Express Scripts

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Mike Bonanno, Sami Rashid, John Potter

Other key lawyers

Kevin Teruya, Debra Bernstein, Adam Wolfson