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Robert M. Buchanan, Jr.

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Robert M. Buchanan, Jr.

Partner
 
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
Two International Place
Boston, Massachusetts  02110
(Suffolk Co.)

Telephone: 617-248-5000
Fax: 617-248-4000
http://www.choate.com



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Practice AreasMajor Commercial Litigation; Litigation; Class Actions; Antitrust and Trade Regulations; Health Care; Tax Litigation; Insurance and Reinsurance
 
EducationHarvard University, J.D., 1985, Harvard University, A.B., 1982
 
Admitted1985, Massachusetts; U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
 
MembershipsBoston Bar Association (Chair: Ethics Committee; Past Chair: Antitrust Committee).
 
Born1960
 
BiographyAntitrust: representing companies in premerger review and other antitrust matters before the FTC, the U.S. Department of Justice and various States; providing antitrust counsel in strategically important transactions. Litigation: representing high technology companies, hospitals, HMOs, banks and many other sophisticated clients in antitrust matters, business disputes, consumer class action claims, and Massachusetts tax litigation. Tax Litigation: Representing significant corporations and banks in disputes with the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. Reinsurance Litigation: arbitration and litigation on behalf of cedents and reinsurers.
 
ISLN908705076
 
TransactionsCoordinated successful nationwide defense for major technology company faced with 33 state court class actions, winning summary judgment in Connecticut, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin. Urged to successful conclusion, in less than one month, premerger second request by U.S. Department of Justice under Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, in critically important transaction for high technology company. Urged to successful conclusion, in less than one month, premerger second request by U.S. Department of Justice to company emerging from bankruptcy. Led successful defense and resolution for hospital system of antitrust litigation brought by ambulance company. Strategic antitrust counseling in wide range of industries, including financial services and insurance; food/beverages; health care; logistics/transportation; manufacturing; media; medical products; specialty manufacturing; technology companies; wholesaling; and representation of medical societies.
 


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