Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick, Compass Lexecon and Analysis Group for helping Meta secure a landmark victory in its defence against the US Federal Trade Commission. 

Kim & Chang for advising on Broadcom’s consent decree with Korea’s Fair Trade Commission. 

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Slaughter and May, Freshfields, A&O Shearman, Linklaters and Charles River for helping housebuilders secure a high-profile cartel settlement with the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority.

Raj James, Director and associate general counsel, Meta.

Amanda Reeves, Partner, Latham & Watkins.

Jonathan Orszag, Founder, Econic Partners.

Fiona Schaeffer, Partner, Milibank.

Lorna Nsoatabe, Partner, Slaughter and May.

For their work in the Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Litigation. Skadden and Haug Partners represented Norfolk Southern, while Latham & Watkins and Jones Day advised Union Pacific. Paul Hastings, Munger Tolles & Olson and Steptoe represented BNSF Railway, while Crowell & Moring advised CSX Transportation. Compass Lexecon and Econic Partners provided the economic analysis. 

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek for convincing a Dutch court to dismiss a loyalty rebate claim against Booking. 

For their work in Jazz Pharmaceuticals’ multi-front dispute with Avadel Pharmaceuticals, Morrison Foerster, Latham & Watkin and McCarter & English advised Avadel, while Econic Partners provided economic advice. 

Julie Elmer, Partner, Freshfields.

Five firms were credited for their work on Pfizer/Metsera, with Ropes & Gray, Morgan Lewis & Bockius and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz taking home awards as counsel to Pfizer, and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison winning recognition as counsel to Metsera. Econic Partners was rewarded after providing economic advice for both parties. 

T&D Associates, Kim & Chang, Cleary Gottlieb, Nishimura & Asahi, Lee and Li, Arnon Tadmor-Levy, ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-At-Law, Beijing Sunland Law Firm, Yulchon, Skadden and Anderson Mori & Tomotsune for their work on Synopsys’ $35 billion acquisition of Ansys.

For UnitedHealth’s $3.3 billion purchase of Amedisys, Kirkland & Ellis, Baker Botts and Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson counselled the buyer, while Paul Weiss and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett represented Amedisys. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Paul Hastings advised respective divestiture buyers BrightSpring Health Services and Pennant. Compass Lexecon, Econic Partners and Charles River Associates provided economic advice on the deal. 

For American Express Global Business Travel’s $570 million acquisition of CWT Holdings, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Steptoe were credited for advising Amex GBT, while Paul Hastings advised CWT Holdings. Compass Lexecon and Econic Partners provided economic analysis to Amex GBT.

Joseph Simons

Of Counsel at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.

Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider. 

Allen & Gledhill.

Gleiss Lutz.