USA – ILLINOIS Trends and Developments Contributed by: Craig Martin, Matt Basil and Katrina Robson 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. Its an - titrust practice’s leadership and excellence are con - sistently recognised by Chambers and in other legal rankings. The team comprises 49 attorneys world - wide, assisting clients in business expansion while minimising legal risks. It represents clients globally, in national and international merger filings, US and
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European investigations of anticompetitive activities, class actions and private litigation, and multi-jurisdic - tional business ventures. Notably, Willkie’s attorneys have served as trial counsel in class actions related 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. Additionally, they repre - sent a commercial and government aircraft mainte - nance services provider in various antitrust matters.
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Craig Martin serves as Chairman, Americas for Willkie Farr & Gallagher and sits on its Executive Committee. A leading national trial lawyer, his clients include major corporations and influential families, and he
inputs conspired 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 Sher - man Act.
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 Pro - cess fraud claims, exclusive dealing allegations, and a cross-border antitrust matter related to cartel monitoring. Craig also counsels on issues at the intersection of IP and antitrust.
Katrina Robson leads Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s D.C. antitrust and compe - tition team, representing major companies in high-stakes merger, monopolisation, price-fixing, and government enforcement matters. A
recognised antitrust litigator and trial lawyer, she handles complex competition disputes, government investigations, and merger advocacy across indus - tries. Her experience includes defending AT&T and Time Warner in the DOJ’s challenge to their USD100 billion merger and obtaining a monopolisation verdict for US Airways against a two-sided technol - ogy platform. She has secured merger clearances for Saks Fifth Avenue/Neiman Marcus, Schwab/TD Ameritrade, US Airways/American Airlines, and General Mills/Annie’s, and defended clients in antitrust class actions, FTC investigations, distribu - tor disputes, and other complex competition litiga - tion.
Matt Basil is a partner in Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s litigation department, regularly called upon by Fortune 500 companies to help with a wide array of commercial disputes and class actions, particularly complex contract,
antitrust, financial and fraud litigation matters. Matt’s antitrust experience includes leading the dismissal of a multidistrict litigation alleging the client and other major manufacturers and suppliers of crop
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