North America - United States • Antitrust
Baker Botts L.L.P.
Routinely involved in high-stakes mergers and merger-related litigation, Baker Botts L.L.P. continues to work for leading clients across the energy, tech, and pharma industries, representing them in DOJ and FTC investigations. Lauded for its ability to provide ‘cutting-edge advice’, the team possesses strong multijurisdictional capabilities, frequently collaborating with European teams on a host of business-critical mandates. Global antitrust chair John Taladay continues to enjoy success in major deal clearances, appearing frequently before the FTC and DOJ, as well as international antitrust enforcers. Mark Botti, praised as a ’trusted advisor’, is noted for his ability to secure clearances for high-value mergers, as well as advising clients on government investigations, while Paul Cuomo is experienced in merger-related litigation. Matthew Adler is a key port of call for clients in the healthcare, chemicals, entertainment and energy sectors, providing specialist guidance on merger clearance matters and litigation. Former practice co-chair Maureen Ohlhausen has departed the firm.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘The Baker Botts antitrust team has a deep knowledge of the healthcare industry and extensive contacts throughout the antitrust bar, which allows the team to provide cutting-edge advice in a time of upheaval in the antitrust enforcement environment.’
‘Mark Botti is a trusted advisor, who can be relied upon to give timely, sage advice to navigate a complicated and changing antitrust enforcement environment.’
Key clients
- Akamai Technologies, Inc.
- American Industrial Partners, LLC (AIP, LLC)
- Broadcom
- Cactus, Inc.
- Caterpillar Inc.
- Celanese Corporation
- ConocoPhillips
- Eagle Materials
- Energy Transfer LP
- Envista Holdings Corporation
- Halliburton
- HollyFrontier Corp
- Liberty Latin America Ltd.
- Magellan Midstream Partners LP
- Mandiant
- Masco Corporation
- Newpark Resources, Inc.
- Raxium, Inc.
- Royal Dutch Shell
- RWJBarnabas Health, Inc.
- SSW Partner LP
- Transocean Inc.
- UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
- Waste Management, Inc.
- Westlake Chemical Corporation
Work highlights
- Represented Celanese in the multi-billionaire dollar acquisition of DuPont’s mobility and materials business.
- Provided antitrust advice regarding UnitedHealth’s $5.4 billion acquisition of Louisiana-based LHC Group for its Optum Health subsidiary.
- Advised Google in its ~US$500 million acquisition of Photomath which will improve Google Search.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
John Taladay