Kyle Mach is a partner in Sullivan & Cromwell’s Palo Alto office and a member of the Firm’s Antitrust Group. A former Deputy Director of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition and a deeply experienced trial lawyer, Mr. Mach brings decades of experience from the FTC and private practice to his representation of clients in a range of complex litigation, merger clearance, antitrust counseling and regulatory matters.
At the FTC, Mr. Mach oversaw three of the four sections of the Bureau of Competition that evaluate and challenge proposed mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Mach and his teams evaluated transactions representing hundreds of billions of dollars in value in a wide variety of industries, and successfully blocked several mergers through litigation. For example, Mr. Mach and his FTC team successfully sued to block Tapestry’s proposed $8.5 billion acquisition of rival Capri. Mr. Mach also served as the FTC’s lead negotiator for the groundbreaking consent decree in connection with the $60 billion Exxon-Pioneer merger.
Prior to joining the FTC, Mr. Mach counseled clients on a wide variety of antitrust matters and was central to some of the most significant antitrust trials in the last two decades. For example, Mr. Mach served as counsel for Texas doormaker Steves & Sons in litigation resulting in the first ever victory for a private party seeking to enforce Section 7 of the Clayton Act to unwind a consummated merger.
