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Craig C. Martin and Matt Basil Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP operates a global an - titrust practice with a cohesive team of competition lawyers across the United States and Europe, and connections in Asia, Latin America and Africa. The firm’s antitrust practice group’s leadership and ex - cellence are consistently recognised by Chambers and Partners, GCR and Global Counsel. The team comprises 49 attorneys worldwide, assisting clients in business expansion while minimising legal risks. It represents clients globally, in national and interna - tional merger filings, US and European investigations
of anticompetitive activities, class action and private litigation, and multi-jurisdictional business ventures. Notably, it serves as trial counsel in class actions re - lated to fertilisers and crop inputs, for antitrust and patent litigation involving automobile tyre sealants, and for a significant patent infringement, antitrust, trade secret, and unfair competition case. Additional - ly, the firm represents a commercial and government aircraft maintenance services provider in various an - titrust matters.
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Craig C. Martin serves as the chair for the Americas for Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, and sits on the Executive Committee. A leading national trial lawyer, his clients include major corporations and influential
Matt Basil is a partner in Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP’s litigation department, regularly called upon by Fortune 500 companies to help with a wide array of commercial disputes and class actions, particularly
families, and he regularly appears as lead counsel in trials and appeals in state and federal courts as well as in domestic and international arbitrations. Craig has tried to verdict complex antitrust litigation matters with experience in cases involving monopolisation, price fixing, anticompetitive conduct, Walker Process fraud claims, exclusive dealing allegations, and a cross-border antitrust matter related to cartel monitoring. He also counsels on issues at the intersection of IP and antitrust.
complex contract, antitrust, financial and fraud litigation matters. Matt’s antitrust experience includes leading the dismissal of a multi-district litigation alleging the client and others purported to be major manufacturers and suppliers of crop inputs, conspiring to fix the prices of their products. He also represented a client in litigation involving a complex Walker Process antitrust suit, concerning alleged violations of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act.
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