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    S&C is a premier one-stop shop for clients’ global antitrust concerns with practices located in Washington, D.C., New York, London, and Brussels. Our award-winning Antitrust Group helps the world’s largest companies solve their most critical antitrust problems, from complex cross-border merger matters to criminal antitrust investigations, criminal antitrust no-poach and labor markets investigations, and sprawling civil antitrust investigations and litigation matters. We handle all types of antitrust matters, combining the talents of our unmatched transactional experience and our premier litigation practice. Highly regarded by our peers and trusted by government authorities, our antitrust lawyers are consistently recognized for giving practical, business-focused advice, and for effectively and efficiently navigating the changing regulatory environment.

    S&C boasts an enviable track record of securing antitrust clearances for large cross-border transactions, including ones that present complex antitrust issues. All of S&C’s antitrust lawyers are equipped to provide practical, business-focused insights to evaluating facts relevant to antitrust counseling, merger clearances, criminal antitrust investigations and trials. As a result, S&C’s antitrust team can seamlessly handle all aspects of an antitrust problem, even when counseling, merger clearances or preliminary investigations evolve into full-scale litigation. We also represent multiple parties in large-scale antitrust investigations and litigation on a routine basis.

    All our offices work together to provide antitrust advice and the Washington, D.C., New York, London, and Brussels offices work especially closely on antitrust matters, often with joint teams. Read more about our European Competition practice. S&C is frequently lauded by leading publications for our work in this area, including by Global Competition Review, Benchmark Litigation and Chambers & Partners.

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    S&C Advises First Hawaiian on Acquisition of TriCo Bancshares

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    S&C Shortlisted for Two Financial Times’ Innovative Lawyers Awards Europe

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    S&C Advises Tessenderlo on $400 Million Strategic Investment in FMC Corporation

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    S&C Advises Aurobindo on $250 Million Acquisition of Lannett

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    S&C Advises Merck KGaA on $11.3 Billion Acquisition of Bio-Techne

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    S&C’s Global Antitrust Practice

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    Experience

    Experience

    S&C’s Antitrust Group handles the full range of antitrust counseling, litigation and investigations, including:

    • Cross-border merger clearance;
    • Complex litigation, including multidistrict class actions and follow-on litigation;
    • Civil antitrust investigations, including those by the Federal Trade Commission, UK Competition and Markets Authority, Germany’s Bundeskartellamt and the European Commission;
    • Criminal cartel investigations, including by the U.S. Department of Justice and European Commission;
    • Criminal antitrust investigations stemming from no-poach and wage-fixing agreements under the “Antitrust Guidance For Human Resource Professionals”;
    • Abuse of dominance investigations; and
    • State aid matters.
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    Rankings and Recognitions

    Rankings and Recognitions

    • S&C Shortlisted for Two Financial Times’ Innovative Lawyers Awards Europe

      July 10, 2026
    • Chambers Global Ranks S&C’s Frankfurt Office Highly for 2026

      February 13, 2026
    • S&C’s Antitrust and European Competition Practices Recognized in Global Competition Review’s 2026 GCR 100

      December 8, 2025
    • Kyle Mach Named to Daily Journal’s ‘Top Antitrust Lawyers’ List

      December 1, 2025
    • S&C Litigators Recognized as ‘Stars’ by Benchmark Litigation 2026

      November 3, 2025
    • Sullivan & Cromwell Recognized by Chambers UK 2026

      October 23, 2025
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    News

    News

    • S&C Advises First Hawaiian on Acquisition of TriCo Bancshares

      July 14, 2026
    • S&C Advises Tessenderlo on $400 Million Strategic Investment in FMC Corporation

      July 2, 2026
    • S&C Advises Aurobindo on $250 Million Acquisition of Lannett

      July 1, 2026
    • S&C Advises Merck KGaA on $11.3 Billion Acquisition of Bio-Techne

      June 25, 2026
    • S&C Advises ProLogium on $3.8 Billion Business Combination with Translational Development Acquisition Corp.

      June 8, 2026
    • S&C Advises LiveRamp on $2.6 Billion Acquisition by Publicis

      May 18, 2026
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    Publications, Videos and Podcasts

    Publications, Videos and Podcasts

    • EU Commission Publishes Draft Merger Guidelines for Public Consultation

      Memos |  May 12, 2026
    • The FTC and DOJ Seek Public Comments on Potential Changes to HSR Premerger Notification Process

      Memos |  March 26, 2026
    • Following Fifth Circuit Ruling, the FTC Announces that It Will Accept HSR Filings Using Either the Old or New HSR Form

      Memos |  March 20, 2026
    • Department of Justice Issues Department-Wide Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy

      Memos |  March 11, 2026
    • California Adopts Uniform Antitrust Premerger Notification Act

      Memos |  February 18, 2026
    • Federal Court Strikes Down FTC’s Expanded M&A Reporting Requirements

      Memos |  February 17, 2026
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