Vinson & Elkins LLP

Noted for its ‘cross border experience’, the merger control offering from Vinson & Elkins LLP advises clients across the energy, technology, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and chemical industries. Its transactional work includes a significant number of HSR premerger notification filings and analysis. Practice co-head Hill Wellford has notable experience in matters regarding tech platforms, and those concerning the energy transition, drawing on experience working within the Department of Justice Antitrust Division. The team’s merger control work sits within its wider antitrust practice, with co-head Craig Seebald handling cartel investigations, and Jason Powers, co-head, a go-to antitrust litigation matters. The Washington DC office is the base for the firm’s global antitrust practice, managing merger filings internationally: this cross-border work is a particular area of strength for Kara Kuritz. All attorneys based in Washington DC unless otherwise stated.