Antitrust/Competition
Sidley’s international Antitrust practice combines experience and innovation to help clients achieve their business objectives. Our clients include corporations of all sizes, trade associations, governmental entities, professional societies and individuals.
Our lawyers advise clients around the globe on the full range of civil and criminal antitrust matters, from day-to-day counseling on business practices to "bet-the-company" antitrust challenges. Our experience ranges from representing clients in
litigation concerning alleged anticompetitive conduct, to
counseling clients on pricing, sales and distribution practices, to defending major corporate
mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures or other conduct in
government investigations. Our antitrust work is characterized by:
- its diverse sector coverage (serving clients in high-tech, information-services and basic industries alike);
- its incorporation of increasingly sophisticated economic analysis;
- our extensive experience in antitrust matters involving patents and other intellectual property; and
- the ability of our lawyers to prepare and handle even the largest and most complex cases.