Jason C. Semmes

JASON SEMMES focuses his practice on representing a variety of companies in merger clearance proceedings and other investigations conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission. He frequently counsels clients on critical antitrust risks related to business initiatives such as joint ventures, pricing and distribution strategies, information and data exchange, and trade association collaboration efforts.

Jason is recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for his work in Antitrust in its 2026 edition.

Jason received his J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School and his undergraduate degree from Miami University. At Miami, Jason was a member of the Redhawk football team.

• Arsenal Capital Partners in its sale of MaxHealth to CenterWell, the healthcare services division of Humana Inc.
• GE HealthCare (NASDAQ: GEHC) in its US$2.3 billion acquisition of Intelerad.
• The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) in its US$500 million acquisition of International Money Express, Inc. (NASDAQ: IMXI), known as Intermex.
• HARMAN International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., on its carve-out acquisition of Masimo Corporation’s Sound United consumer audio business.
• Woodward, Inc. (Nasdaq: WWD) in its acquisition of the North American electromechanical actuation business of Safran S.A., a French publicly traded company, a remedy divestiture arising out of Safran’s acquisition of Collins Aerospace’s actuation and flight control business from RTX Corporation (NYSE: RTX).
• Lumen Technologies as antitrust counsel in connection with its US$5.75 billion sale of its mass markets fiber-to-the-home business in 11 states to AT&T.
• Kinder Morgan in its US$1.8 billion acquisition of NextEra Energy Partners’ South Texas assets (STX Midstream).
• Nordstrom, Inc. in its acquisition by the Nordstrom family and El Puerto de Liverpool, S.A.B. de C.V. for US$6.25 billion.
• Symplr, a provider of enterprise healthcare operations software, in its acquisition of IntelliCentrics.
• Roundtable Healthcare Partners in the sale of its portfolio company, TIDI Products, to TJC, L.P.
• Stryker Corporation, a global leader in medical technologies, in multiple acquisitions.
  
  

• American Bar Association, Antitrust and Consumer Law Community