NEW
YORK, June 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Milbank
LLP is pleased to announce the addition of James H. Weingarten as a partner in
Washington, DC, further
strengthening the firm's Global Antitrust and Competition
group and the firm's broader Litigation group. Mr.
Weingarten joins Milbank from the Federal Trade Commission, where
he was most recently Chief Trial Counsel for the Bureau of
Competition. As Chief Trial Counsel, he was one of the most senior
trial lawyers representing the US government in antitrust
matters.
"We are thrilled to welcome James to Milbank," said Milbank
Chairman Scott A. Edelman.
"James has led some of the FTC's most significant investigations
and trials in recent years, and his experience will be invaluable
to our clients facing bet-the-company investigations and litigation
in this current heightened regulatory environment."
Milbank has significantly expanded its Global Antitrust and
Competition group in recent years, including the additions of
partners Rich
Parker, Grant
Bermann, Adam Di
Vincenzo and special counsel Daniel Rosenthal in Washington, DC, and partners Andrea L. Hamilton and Ajal
Notowicz in London.
Mr. Weingarten's practice will focus on representing clients
facing government antitrust investigations and litigation and
private antitrust litigation. He will advise clients in both
assessing and mitigating antitrust litigation risk and representing
them before competition agencies and in court.
"James brings not only strong government enforcement and trial
experience, but also eminent knowledge in the technology,
healthcare and pharmaceutical industries that will greatly benefit
clients who face both government and private antitrust challenges,"
said partner and Chair of the American Bar Association's Section of
Antitrust Law Fiona A.
Schaeffer.
During his time at the FTC, Mr. Weingarten first-chaired trials
and led teams to develop and try antitrust cases challenging both
mergers and conduct alleged to
violate the antitrust laws. He advised Commission leadership on
litigation strategy and policy and worked closely with state
attorneys general and international competition agencies.
His experience with merger litigation includes first chairing
the FTC's challenge to Microsoft Corp.'s $69
billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Inc. and leading
trial teams challenging mergers in a variety of industries,
including healthcare, pharmaceuticals and technology. He also was
the lead attorney in the FTC's successful challenge of Nvidia
Corp.'s proposed $40 billion
acquisition of ARM Holdings. Before departing the FTC, Mr.
Weingarten was the lead attorney on the FTC's challenge to Kroger's
$26 billion acquisition of
Albertsons. Mr. Weingarten also has extensive experience trying
Sherman Act cases, including FTC v. Vyera Pharmaceuticals,
Inc., FTC v. Abbvie, Inc. and In re Impax Labs,
Inc. Most recently, in FTC v. Syngenta Corp., he
successfully argued against the defendants' motions to dismiss the
FTC's complaint alleging unlawful monopolization in the pesticides
industry.
Prior to joining the FTC, Mr. Weingarten was a trial attorney in
private practice, where he represented businesses and individuals
in complex civil litigation and at trial. He was a member of
several trial teams, including the team that won a complete defense
verdict in the In re Nexium (Esomeprazole) jury
trial, the first pharmaceutical pay-for-delay case to go to trial
after the Supreme Court's
landmark Actavis decision. He also first-chaired
the defense in a felony conspiracy case that resulted in a jury
verdict acquitting his client on all felony charges.
"It is a great privilege to join Milbank," said Mr. Weingarten.
"The attorneys are extraordinarily talented and collaborate to
provide the highest level of client service. And they do it with a
focus on excellence and grit that immediately appealed to me as a
trial lawyer. I am excited to bring my trial experience to the
antitrust practice at Milbank."
Mr. Weingarten received his J.D., magna cum laude,
from Harvard Law School and his
B.A., magna cum laude, from Yale
University. After law school, he clerked for then Chief
Judge Danny J. Boggs of the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
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