Practice Areas & Industries: Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Dewey & LeBoeuf's antitrust group of over 60 lawyers has achieved significant US and international recognition.

Two former members of the firm have served as Assistant Attorneys General for Antitrust at the Department of Justice (DOJ). We have former DOJ and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawyers in our ranks, including a Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust. A federal court appointed one of our lawyers to serve as special master in a complex merger case, and another has twice been appointed by federal courts and the Federal Communications Commission, on the recommendation of the US Antitrust Division, to serve as Management Trustee for properties to be divested.

One of our antitrust partners is a former holder of a prestigious professorship and is recognized in Chambers international guide as one of the top UK practitioners in Competition/European Law. Two other partners teach or have taught antitrust courses in major law schools. Several are recognized by Chambers guide in the US, by Best Lawyers in America, and by New York Magazine. Another is listed in the International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers and was ranked among the world's top 20 lawyers in the competition and antitrust practice area by Euromoney Legal Media Group's guide to "The Best of the Best." Others were named as Antitrust "Super Lawyers."

Our lawyers publish frequently and play leading roles in antitrust bar organizations. One has written a leading antitrust treatise and another is the former editor of the Antitrust Law Journal. Some are officers of committees of the American Bar Association Antitrust Section; others have served as the Section's Vice-Chair, as a Chairman of its International Antitrust Law Committee, as members of its Council, as Officers and as Chairmen of its various Special Task Forces. Our lawyers have also been active in the New York State Bar Association Antitrust Section and in the International Bar Association Antitrust Section.

Antitrust Experience Coupled with Deep Industry Knowledge

Antitrust cases are always fact intensive, and good antitrust work comes only with a deep understanding of the industry involved. We offer our clients a strategic advantage: we have over 1400 lawyers, many of whom have substantial knowledge of a wide variety of industries, including medical devices and healthcare. In some of these industries, such as insurance and energy, we are generally considered among the leading law firms in the world. In all of these industries, our cumulative experience and knowledge translates into an ability to react quickly and make sound judgments for our clients in high-risk antitrust assignments.