White & Case LLP

The ‘overall excellent’ antitrust offering at White & Case LLP fields a team of ‘strategic, skilled litigators’ with a strong track record advising large global corporations, leading US universities, and public investment funds in the full range of high-profile antitrust litigation. Under the leadership of J. Mark Gidley, the team has recently secured several class action wins for clients in the pharma and tech industries; Kathryn Jordan Mims is another key name here. Christopher Curran takes point on cross-border disputes and litigated mergers, while New York’s Jack Pace is the key name for competitor-on-competitor disputes and pay-for-delay cases. Peter Carney, who also heads the firm’s global pharmaceuticals and healthcare group, has extensive experience representing both domestic and international corporations in investigations, patent-related antitrust litigation, and reverse-payment claims. The ’consistently reliable‘ Jaclyn Philips and ’true rockstar’ Kelly Newman, based in Boston, ably assists with contentious mandates in the pharma, energy, and metallurgy industries. Unless otherwise stated, all mentioned individuals are based in Washington DC.

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Testimonials

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'Our support from White & Case LLP over the last several months has been dynamic, responsive and commercial - complex legal arguments clearly explained to our business colleagues in a clear and helpful manner.'
'Mark Gidley has the ability to present complex legal arguments in a concise and simple way and always with a sense of humour, which is greatly appreciated. Jaclyn Phillips provides consistently reliable support, using clear and concise verbal and written communication that greatly facilitates our internal discussions with stakeholders. Jaclyn takes a strong lead coordinating our matter and this proves to be invaluable.'
'Kathryn Jordan Mims is professional, competent, efficient, knowledgeable, and personable. More noteworthy is that she is commercial, practical, and solution-oriented. She is truly a client's lawyer. I cannot recommend her enough.'
'Overall excellent.'
'They are strategic, skilled litigators. They have government (DOJ) experience, which of course can be helpful, and they've been able to translate that well into defense work.'
'They have a good team from senior partners down through more junior partners, senior associates, and junior associates; I appreciate that they gave associates appropriate-yet-challenging roles on the team, allowing them to shine.'
'They are incredibly responsive. They have come to quickly understand our industry and our business, which has been critical at several important strategic moments.'
'Stand-out associate Kelly Newman is a true rockstar: She has managed to master both the minutiae of a data-heavy, document-heavy case (and keeping several parallel tracks moving at once) and the big-picture strategy and client relationship management.'

Key clients

National Association of REALTORS®
Public Investment Fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Whaleco Inc. (Temu)
Apex Clearing Corporation
Gilead Sciences
AbbVie (formerly Forest Laboratories ) and Merz Pharmaceuticals
Samsung Bioepis
Boston Scientific
Vanderbilt University
Gerber Products Company
Hikma Pharmaceuticals
Experian PLC
Toshiba
Nestlé Purina PetCare
Pfizer
Symrise Inc. and Symrise AG
Lycamobile USA, Inc.
Nexans

Work highlights

Represented the Public Investment Fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and PIF’s Governor in the recent action involving LIV Golf, Inc. and the PGA Tour, Inc.
Representing Temu in its antitrust litigation against its competitor Shein.
Secured dismissal with prejudice of this “pay for delay” pharmaceutical antitrust class action, brought on behalf of putative classes of direct-purchaser and end-payor plaintiffs relating to AbbVie’s hypertension medication, Bystolic.