Linklaters U.S. Antitrust & Foreign Investment Partners Named to Lawdragon’s Leading Litigators in America List

Linklaters is pleased to announce that U.S. Antitrust & Foreign Investment Partners Thomas McGrath, Antonia Sherman, and Douglas Tween have been named to Lawdragon’s List of 500 Leading Litigators in America for their work on high-profile merger clearances and grand jury investigations. This is the second year in a row the group has been recognized.

Lawdragon assesses top U.S. lawyers based on submissions and independent research, selecting lawyers who have made significant impacts in their fields, including an emphasis on recent matters handled. The publication reviews cutting-edge litigation and the lawyers consistently turned to for help in those and other important matters.

Linklaters’ Antitrust & Foreign Investment team is one of the world’s leading global practices, offering a one-stop shop for merger control and foreign investment review filings. The group recently advised Perfetti Van Melle on its US$ 1.35 billion acquisition of Mondelez’s chewing gum business, Novozymes' $12.3 billion proposed merger with Chr. Hansen Holding and Novartis’ $3.5 billion acquisition of Chinook Therapeutics.

The practice is at the forefront of the latest developments in the U.S. antitrust space, including the proposed radical revisions to the U.S. merger control regime via new merger guidelines and significant amendments to the Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification form. Stay up to date through our LinkingCompetition blog.