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Aidan Synnott

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Aidan Synnott

Partner
 
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York  10019-6064
(New York Co.)

Telephone: 212-373-3000; TDD 212-373-2000
Facsimile: 212-757-3990
http://www.paulweiss.com

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#11,383 out of 53,597 lawyers in New York, New York
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Practice AreasCommercial Litigation; Antitrust; Intellectual Property Litigation
 
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EducationNational University of Ireland, B.C.L., 1985; University of Michigan, LL.M., 1989, The Honorable Society of King's Inns, B.L., 1987
 
Admitted1987, Ireland; 1989, New York; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1993, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Supreme Court; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
 
MembershipsNew York State (Co-Chair, Antitrust Committee and Member, Executive Committee, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section), American (Member: Leadership, Antitrust Section) and Ireland Bar Associations.
 
BornCork, Ireland, July 1, 1964
 
BiographyAssociate Editor, Antitrust Law Journal.
 
ISLN903275475
 

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DC Circuit Rules in FTC's Favor on Whole Foods-Wild Oats Merger
Joseph J. Simons, Aidan Synnott, August 19, 2008
A divided panel of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals this week overturned a district court decision that paved the way for Whole Foods Markets to acquire competitor Wild Oats Markets nearly one year ago. FTC v. Whole Foods Market, Inc., No. 07-5276 (D.C. Cir. July 29, 2008).

New York District Court Finds Violations of SEC Disclosure Requirements by Hedge Funds' Acquisition of Swap Interests in a Target and by Acting as a Group without Public Disclosure
Charles E. Davidow, Richard A. Rosen, Andrew G. Gordon, Aidan Synnott, June 28, 2008
The recent decision in CSX Corporation v. The Children's Investment Fund Management (UK) LLP, et al., 08 Civ. 2764 (LAK), has significant implications for hedge funds that seek to influence target corporations by (individually or collectively) attempting to amass substantial voting positions...

District Court Dismisses Antitrust Class Action Complaint Against Private Equity Firms
Daniel J. Leffell, Moses Silverman, Joseph J. Simons, Aidan Synnott, Andrew C. Finch, February 29, 2008
In the wake of the Department of Justice's inquiry into alleged anticompetitive behavior among certain private equity firms, a handful of class actions have been filed alleging collusion among private equity firms. These complaints generally allege a conspiracy among private equity firms to rig...


 

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