Joseph J. Matelis

Representative matters

Airlines

• International Airlines Group in its acquisition of Aer Lingus

Defense

• Harris in its merger with L3 Technologies
• Harris in its acquisition of Exelis

Energy

• NEXUS in its acquisition of Generation Pipeline
• Andeavor in its sale to Marathon Petroleum
• Tesoro in its acquisition of Western Refining
• Enbridge in its acquisition of Spectra
• Columbia Pipeline Group in its sale to TransCanada Corporation

Financial Institutions

• BancorpSouth Bank in its merger with Cadence Bancorporation
• First Horizon in its merger with IBERIABANK
• SunTrust in its merger with BB&T
• Popular in its acquisition of Reliable Financial Services assets
• First Horizon in its acquisition of Capital Bank
• Scottrade in its sale to TD Ameritrade and TD Bank
• KCG Holdings in its sale to Virtu Financial
• FirstMerit in its sale to Huntington Bancshares
• First Niagara Financial Group in its sale to KeyBank
• Ace Limited in its acquisition of The Chubb Corporation
• Goldman Sachs in consolidated antitrust litigation arising out of aluminum warehousing

Industrials

• K+S in its sale of Morton Salt to Stone Canyon
• Praxair in its merger with Linde
• NewPage in its sale to Verso

Manufacturing

• Knoll in its merger with Herman Miller
• Diebold in its acquisition of Wincor

Pharmaceuticals

• Kite Pharma in its sale to Gilead Sciences
• Dyax in its sale to Shire
• Optimer in its sale to Cubist
• Valeant in its acquisition of PreCision Dermatology

Retail

• Swedish Match in its sale to PMI
• Kraft Foods in its merger with H.J. Heinz

Technology

• Recruit Holdings in its acquisition of Glassdoor

Telecommunications

• AT&T in its acquisition of DIRECTV

Speaking engagements

• M&A: fintechs, banks, and competition, Columbia University (May 2022)
• Antitrust in the Modern Economy, Cardozo Law School (November 2019)
• Money Isn’t Everything: Non-Price Merger Effects, American Bar Association Spring Meeting (March 2019)
• Bank on It: Practical Advice from Veterans of the Bank Merger Review Process, American Bar Association Insurance and Financial Services Committee (October 2018)
• Mergers: Defining and Litigating Relevant Markets, American Bar Association Spring Meeting (April 2018)
• Pipeline to Success: The Enbridge/Spectra Merger, New York State Bar Association (May 2017)
• Refusals to License Intellectual Property, International Competition Network Annual Conference (April 2016)
• Nuts and Bolts of FCC Merger Review, American Bar Association Mergers and Acquisitions Committee (November 2015)
• PAEs: Privateering, Purchasing, and Patent Reform, American Bar Association Antitrust and Intellectual Property Conference (October 2015)
• Innovation: Can It Ever Be Anticompetitive?, American Bar Association Spring Meeting (April 2015)
• Transactions Below the Radar, American Bar Association Section of International Law (June 2014)
• Fundamentals: Antitrust, American Bar Association Spring Meeting (March 2014)
• Vertical Contracts: The Key Implications, American Bar Association Unilateral Conduct Committee and Federal Civil Enforcement Committee (January 2014)
• ABA Section of Antitrust Law Merger Practice Workshop (September 2013)
• The Antitrust Treatment of Non-Poaching and Non-Solicitation Agreements, American Bar Association Business Torts Committee (June 2013)
• Verizon/Spectrum Co.: Anatomy of a Transaction, Federal Communications Bar Association (January 2013)
• The U.S. Horizontal Merger Guidelines, IBC Legal Advanced EU Competition Law London Forum (May 2011)

Publications

• Joseph Matelis, The U.S. Draft Merger Guidelines 2023: Significant Change (ABA Int’l Antitrust Law Committee) (December 2023)