Antitrust
King & Spalding’s antitrust lawyers provide
sophisticated, solution-oriented advice to clients in awide variety of industries on all aspects of U.S. andinternational competition law, including mergers andacquisitions, joint ventures and other strategic alliances,
government civil and criminal investigations, private
antitrust litigation and counseling. Clients rely on our
antitrust lawyers for constructive counseling andguidance on legitimate arrangements between
competitors, entry into new markets, productdistribution systems and appropriate participation byclients at trade associations and standard-settingorganizations, as well as to steer them through complex
civil, criminal, and merger investigations and litigation.
The key to our antitrust success is consistent,
comprehensive and responsive counsel to our clients.
Our antitrust lawyers include several who have servedin significant positions within U.S. antitrust enforcement
agencies, including the former Deputy Bureau Directorof the Federal Trade Commission, former Deputy
Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Enforcement atthe Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, anda number of other DOJ and FTC veterans. We regularly
appear before these and other key competition
authorities, including state attorneys general.
Our lawyers also have substantial experience coordinating
efforts to gain approval of transactions from the EU andother non-U.S. antitrust authorities, including guiding
clients through Phase II merger investigations, responding
to Article 11 letters and advising clients on issues ofjurisdiction and disclosure of information from abroad.
Our lawyers are also active in the Antitrust Section of theAmerican Bar Association and the Antitrust Practice Groupof the American Health Lawyers Association, where ourlawyers hold or have held numerous leadership positions,
including Co-Chair of the Mergers and Acquisitions
Committee, Chair of the Criminal Practice and Procedure
Committee, and Vice-Chair of the Cartel and Criminal
Practice Committee.

Capability
Lawyers
Jeffrey S. Spigel (Jeff)
Washington, D.C.

Sean Royall
DallasJeffrey S. Cashdan (Jeff)
Atlanta

Dr. Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte
Brussels

Recognition
Recognized as Best Law
Firm of the YearAMERICAN LAWYER
INDUSTRY AWARDS, 2023

Ranked Tier 1 Best Law
Firms for Litigation - Antitrust– USAU.S. NEWS & WORLDREPORT, 2023

Ranked Tier 1 Best Law
Firms for Antitrust – Atlanta
U.S. NEWS & WORLDREPORT, 2023

Ranked Band 1 in Antitrust –Georgia
CHAMBERS USA, 2023

Cases & Deals
August 2, 2024
Lehigh Valley Health Network and Jefferson Combine
Effective August 1, 2024
December 19, 2023
Lehigh Valley Health Network, Jefferson plan to combine,
creating a model integrated health care system
October 27, 2023
King & Spalding Advises Rotomaster on its Sale to Cloyes
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Ranked as a leading law firmin Merger Control and Civil
Litigation/class action:defense
LEGAL 500 US, 2023

Ranked as a leading law firmin Antitrust – District ofColumbia
CHAMBERS USA, 2023

Insights
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
September 6, 2024
Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte Appointed as NonGovernmental Advisor (NGA) to the European
Commission at the International Competition Network(ICN)ARTICLE
August 14, 2024
European Union: Commission zeroes in on innovation inmerger control and pay-for-delay cases
CLIENT ALERTJuly 9, 2024
FTC Final Rule on Non-Competes: Texas District Court
Stops Short of a Nationwide Injunction and Creates
Uncertainty on the Implementation of the Final Rule
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EventsSPEAKING ENGAGEMENT
July 10, 2024
Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte to Speak at the Global
Competition Review Conference
WEBINARMay 2, 2024
Client Briefing: FTC Final Rule on Non-Compete
Agreements
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT
April 3, 2024
Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte to Speak at Harvard Law
School’s Celebration 70+
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IN THE NEWS
September 17, 2024

Ranked as a leading law firmin Competition: EU And
Global – Belgium
LEGAL 500 EMEA, 2023

Recommended Practice forAntitrust
GCR 100, 2022

Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte comments on Teresa Ribera,
who will be the next EU competition commissioner
IN THE NEWS
September 11, 2024
Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte examines Illumina’s recent court
victory over a European Commission to block its $8B
takeover of Grail
IN THE NEWS
August 16, 2024
Bob Cooper, Rick Zall, Hershel Wancjer, Kimberly Rai and
Brittany Tandy advise Lehigh Valley Health Network on its
merger with Jefferson Health
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