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Paul Hastings
Paul Hastings is a leading international law firm that provides innovative legal solutions to many of the world's top financial institutions and Fortune Global 500 companies. With offices across Asia, Europe and the US, we have the global reach and extensive capabilities to provide personalised service wherever our clients' needs take us.
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Cornerstone Research
Cornerstone Research provides economic and financial consulting and expert testimony in all phases of complex disputes and regulatory investigations. The firm works with an extensive network of prominent academics and industry practitioners to identify the best-qualified expert for each assignment. With a reputation for high quality and effectiveness, Cornerstone Research has consistently delivered rigorous, state-of-the-art analysis since 1989. The firm has more than 1,000 professionals in nine offices across the United States, UK, and EU.
Docket Navigator
Docket Navigator is a litigation research and analytics platform that delivers deep insights into US federal patent, trademark, copyright, antitrust, securities and trade secret litigation. Based in Texas, Docket Navigator’s unique and innovative approach to modeling court cases in a digital platform has made it a must-have tool for patent litigators in the US, including over 16,000 attorneys, judges, clerks, litigation support firms, expert witness firms, tech companies and researchers. Docket Navigator delivers insights to its subscribers via a daily email called the Docket Report, customised daily alerts, a searchable online database, and powerful analytics tools. Eighty-eight of the AmLaw 100 firms, and 28 of the top 30 ‘busiest’ patent litigation firms (based on the number of patent cases filed each year) maintain subscriptions to Docket Navigator.
Fenwick
Fenwick is a leading law firm, purpose-built to guide visionary tech and life sciences companies and their investors through every stage of growth, from startups securing their first round of funding to leading publicly traded global enterprises. As one of Silicon Valley’s original legal practices, today we have over 600 lawyers, patent agents, engineers, and scientists serving clients all over the world. Named 2024 Practice Group of the Year for both Life Sciences and Technology by Law360, we are consistently ranked a Chambers first-tier firm for delivering the deep experience and technical skill that help innovators at the forefront of their industries shatter boundaries and redefine what’s possible.
Freshfields
Freshfields is a global firm with over 280 years’ experience of anticipating change, setting new standards and shaping the future of law. In a complex world where new opportunities evolve quickly, we are a trusted, forward-thinking partner who can give clients the edge and help propel their ambitions.
Gibson Dunn
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is a leading international law firm. Consistently ranking among the world’s top law firms in industry surveys and major publications, Gibson Dunn is distinctively positioned in today’s global marketplace with more than 1,200 lawyers and 20 offices, including Beijing, Brussels, Century City, Dallas, Denver, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New York, Orange County, Palo Alto, Paris, San Francisco, São Paulo, Singapore and Washington, DC.
Gibson Dunn has been representing clients in antitrust and competition matters for much of the last century and is recognised as one of the leading antitrust firms globally. Gibson Dunn’s award-winning antitrust and competition practice serves clients in a broad array of industries throughout the world in virtually every significant area of antitrust and trade regulation law, including global mergers, international cartel investigations, and private antitrust litigation with an international scope.
Gibson Dunn has been representing clients in antitrust and competition matters for much of the last century and is recognised as one of the leading antitrust firms globally. Gibson Dunn’s award-winning antitrust and competition practice serves clients in a broad array of industries throughout the world in virtually every significant area of antitrust and trade regulation law, including global mergers, international cartel investigations, and private antitrust litigation with an international scope.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
With approximately 1,200 lawyers in offices around the world, Weil operates according to the “one firm” principle, allowing us to bring the right mix of firm-wide skill and local-market presence to deliver the coordinated legal advice necessary to help our clients achieve their sophisticated goals and objectives.
Founded in 1931, Weil has provided legal services to the largest public companies, private equity firms and financial institutions for more than 90 years. Widely recognized by those covering the legal profession, Weil’s lawyers regularly advise clients globally on their most complex Litigation, Corporate, Restructuring, and Tax, Executive Compensation & Benefits matters. Weil has been a pioneer in establishing a geographic footprint that has allowed the Firm to partner with clients wherever they do business.
Our attention to client service rests upon a few core values:
- A comprehensive understanding of our clients’ businesses and culture
- A thorough focus on our clients’ objectives, both short-term and long-term
- An unwavering commitment to helping clients solve problems in the most efficient, cost-effective way
Founded in 1931, Weil has provided legal services to the largest public companies, private equity firms and financial institutions for more than 90 years. Widely recognized by those covering the legal profession, Weil’s lawyers regularly advise clients globally on their most complex Litigation, Corporate, Restructuring, and Tax, Executive Compensation & Benefits matters. Weil has been a pioneer in establishing a geographic footprint that has allowed the Firm to partner with clients wherever they do business.
Our attention to client service rests upon a few core values:
- A comprehensive understanding of our clients’ businesses and culture
- A thorough focus on our clients’ objectives, both short-term and long-term
- An unwavering commitment to helping clients solve problems in the most efficient, cost-effective way
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Charles River Associates
Charles River Associates (CRA) is a leading global consulting firm that offers economic, financial, and strategic expertise to major law firms, corporations, accounting firms, and governments around the world. Our experts bring a unique combination of cutting-edge research, state-of-the-art methods, and proven experience to bear on our clients’ most complex challenges.
CRA specializes in management consulting and economic litigation. Our senior-led teams include leading academic experts and business leaders with experience across industries. Because of our proven skills in complex cases and exceptional strength in analytics, clients depend on our objective, fact-based advice for their high-profile, high stakes matters.
CRA specializes in management consulting and economic litigation. Our senior-led teams include leading academic experts and business leaders with experience across industries. Because of our proven skills in complex cases and exceptional strength in analytics, clients depend on our objective, fact-based advice for their high-profile, high stakes matters.
Compass Lexecon
As a leading global economic consulting firm, Compass Lexecon provides law firms, corporations, and government clients with clear analysis of complex issues. We have been involved in a broad spectrum of matters related to economics and finance – providing critical insight in legal and regulatory proceedings, strategic decisions, and public policy debates. Our experience and expertise apply to virtually any question of economics, in virtually any context of the law or business, and in any industry. For the past 19 years, Compass Lexecon has been ranked as one of the leading antitrust economics firms in the world by the Global Competition Review.
Gilbert + Tobin
Gilbert + Tobin is the leading independent law firm in Australia. We are purpose-built for our clients’ most complex work – across transactions, disputes and regulation. Our partners are plain-speaking leaders in their fields, delivering the highest quality legal advice and providing an exceptional edge for our clients. We are innovators in the use of technology, redefining value and service in the legal industry.
Our Competition, Consumer and Market Regulation Group takes a multi-disciplinary approach, integrating law and economics, paired with a deep understanding of our clients’ businesses, their industries and the regulators who shape them. Our work spans bet-the-company litigation and high-stakes transactions through to defending criminal cartel proceedings, supporting clients in their most significant competition and regulatory matters.
Our Competition, Consumer and Market Regulation Group takes a multi-disciplinary approach, integrating law and economics, paired with a deep understanding of our clients’ businesses, their industries and the regulators who shape them. Our work spans bet-the-company litigation and high-stakes transactions through to defending criminal cartel proceedings, supporting clients in their most significant competition and regulatory matters.
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Herbert Smith Freehills is one of the world’s leading professional services businesses, bringing together the best people across our 27 offices, to meet all your legal services needs globally. Our clients trust us with their most important transactions, disputes and projects because of our ability to cut through complexity and mitigate risk. Because technical ability alone is not enough, we seek to build exceptional working relationships with our clients, which enables us to develop a deeper understanding of their businesses, provide commercially astute, innovative advice and create better business outcomes for each client.
Ranked among the Global Elite by Global Competition Review 2020, our competition, regulation and trade practice is widely recognised by peers and legal directories as one of the leading teams in the field. We advise many of the world’s blue-chip organisations in a wide range of industries across the full spectrum of competition work, including merger control, investigations, litigation and state aid, and provide advice on regulated sectors. Many of our lawyers have spent time working for regulatory authorities and for clients enabling us to provide a unique insight. Our global network of offices allows us to provide a comprehensive and integrated cross-border service to our clients.
Ranked among the Global Elite by Global Competition Review 2020, our competition, regulation and trade practice is widely recognised by peers and legal directories as one of the leading teams in the field. We advise many of the world’s blue-chip organisations in a wide range of industries across the full spectrum of competition work, including merger control, investigations, litigation and state aid, and provide advice on regulated sectors. Many of our lawyers have spent time working for regulatory authorities and for clients enabling us to provide a unique insight. Our global network of offices allows us to provide a comprehensive and integrated cross-border service to our clients.
Hogan Lovells
Antitrust and competition issues can define a company’s ability to grow, compete, and innovate on a global scale. As regulatory scrutiny intensifies and enforcement priorities continue to evolve, Hogan Lovells' antitrust practice goes beyond defending your position—we help you anticipate change, manage risk, and strengthen your competitive advantage. With more than 135 antitrust lawyers across 18 countries, we offer unmatched geographic reach and depth of experience across Europe, the United States, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. This fully integrated global platform enables us to manage complex, multi jurisdictional matters seamlessly, ensuring consistent strategy and aligned outcomes worldwide. We are at the forefront of major enforcement cases and advise clients on the full spectrum of competition law issues, informed by real time insight into shifting policy, political, and enforcement trends. Many of our lawyers have held senior roles at key authorities, including the European Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and the UK Competition Authority, giving us unrivaled perspective into how regulators think and act. Hogan Lovells gives clients the clarity and confidence to expand, innovate, and grow securely across borders.
Keystone
Keystone provides expert advice to clients navigating complex competition issues including antitrust, mergers, litigation and regulation. Led by former CMA CEO, Andrea Coscelli, Keystone’s London office boasts a strong and growing team of 30+ talented economists and technologists with decades of collective experience across consultancy, regulatory agencies, and industry – working alongside 100+ US economists and data scientists. The team uniquely combines economics with insights from business strategy and technology to deliver rigorous analysis for high-stakes matters. Globally, Keystone has played a significant role in landmark antitrust matters, delivering precedent-setting economic and technology analysis using its deep expertise in search, ad tech, mobile ecosystems and Gen AI.
Supporting Organisations
ALM | Law.com
Law.com provides lawyers within the world’s leading law firms and legal departments (Global 200, Law.com subscribers, GCs at the F1000) with news and analysis of the global legal industry, insights into what’s happening across all sectors of the legal industry in all major markets around the world. Law.com is the world’s legal authority, offering quality local coverage with global insights & trends on the entire legal industry to give international lawyers the competitive edge and business intelligence needed to grow their business worldwide.
Lexology
Lexology delivers the most comprehensive source of international legal updates, analysis and insights. Publishing in excess of 450 articles every day from over 900 leading law firms and service providers worldwide across over 50 work areas in 25 languages. Lexology’s searchable archive now contains more than 1,000,000 articles. Endorsed by more than 100 associations, corporations and corporate counsel groups, Lexology is not only considered an invaluable resource of its kind, but also regarded as the industry benchmark.





















