Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

The antitrust and competition team at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP works closely with colleagues in its M&A group to support clients through domestic and cross border transactions. Its sector expertise spans the pharma, oil and gas, manufacturing, telecoms, financial services, and consumer goods industries, with particular experience in defending against private challenges to acquisitions. In New York, team head Arthur Burke regularly handles mandates from technology and media companies regarding the antitrust aspects of M&A transactions alongside antitrust litigations and investigations. Ronan Harty, also in New York, boasts a significant track record obtaining merger clearance in complex matters, while in Washington DC, Jesse Solomon is a go-to for large scale antitrust mandates involving multiple parallel investigations and clearance across international jurisdictions. Howard Shelanski leverages longstanding experience at the FTC, the Federal Communications Commission, and the Executive branch of government to support clients across the tech, distribution, and pharma sectors, alongside others. The team was strengthened in March 2025 by the addition of Nathaniel Asker from Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP.