Paolo regularly represents clients as antitrust counsel in merger enforcement proceedings before the US antitrust agencies. Significant recent merger enforcement and civil antitrust investigation engagements include:
- Medtronic acquisition of Medicrea International
- Synergy Health plc merger with STERIS Corporation
- CAE Inc. in acquisition of Bombardier flight-training assets
- HCL Technologies acquisition of assets from IBM
- First Solar sale of O&M Services business to NovaSource
- TrendKite acquisition by Cision
- Dunbar Armored acquisition by Brink's
- Verifi acquisition by Visa
- Takeda acquisition of TiGenix
- Server Technology acquisition by Legrand S.A.
- Maxwell Technologies acquisition by Tesla
- Emergent Biosolutions acquisition of smallpox vaccine from Sanofi
- Vision Ease sale to Hoya Corporation
- John Menzies acquisition of BBA Aviation
- Polynt in merger with Reichhold
- QUALCOMM acquisition of EPCOS
- INEOS acquisition of Calabrian Corporation
- Xchanging plc sale to Computer Sciences Corporation
- Exelon acquisition of ConEd retail energy business
- DTS Sale to Tessera Technologies
- Owens Corning acquisition of InterWrap
- Ovivo sale to Skion Water International
- QUALCOMM acquisitions of Emu and Capstone
- Vertellus sale to Black Diamond
- Blackhawk acquisition of GiftCards.com
- MediaOcean sale to Vista Equity Partners
- EagleView Technology Corporation sale to Vista Equity Partners
- InterContinental Hotels Group acquisition of Kimpton Hotels
- Emergent BioSolutions acquisition of Cangene Corporation
- EdgeCast Networks acquisition by Verizon
- OptiMedica sale to Abbott Laboratories
- Orchard Supply sale to Lowe's
- BioFire Diagnostics sale to Biomérieux S.A.
- Convio, Inc. merger with Blackbaud, Inc.
- Hypercom Corporation merger with VeriFone Systems, Inc.
- PopCap Games acquisition by Electronic Arts
- Qualcomm sale of spectrum assets to AT&T
- Radiant Systems acquisition by NCR
- Applied Signal Technology acquisition by Raytheon
- Life Technologies Corporation sale of mass spectrometry joint venture to Danaher Corporation
- JDA Software Group acquisition of i2 Technologies
- The Hain Celestial Group acquisition of Gourmet Marketing
- ZeniMax acquisition of id Software
- Chesapeake Sciences Corporation acquisition by L3 Communications
- Invitrogen (nka Life Technologies) acquisition of Applied Biosystems
- JDA Software acquisition of Manugistics
- Swedish Match acquisition of Cigars International and formation of a joint venture with Scandinavian Tobacco
- Aggregate Industries acquisition by Holcim
- Cross Match acquisition by Smiths Group
Significant antitrust litigation engagements include:
- In re A2P SMS Antitrust Litigation Defense of an SMS messaging aggregator in private class action alleging price-fixing and concerted boycott conspiracy in connection with application-to-person SMS transmissions
- In re Optical Disk Drive Products Antitrust Litigation Defense of an optical disk drive supplier in private class actions alleging price-fixing conspiracies in violation of the Sherman Act
- In re Linerboard Antitrust Litigation Represented a major US poultry processor in multi-district litigation alleging price-fixing and output restrictions among major US linerboard producers
- In re Methionine Antitrust Litigation Obtained substantial recovery for a major US poultry processor in multi-district litigation alleging an international price-fixing conspiracy among feed additives suppliers
- In re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation Advised a major US poultry processor in a complex class action alleging price-fixing among suppliers of vitamins and obtained reduction in class counsel fees as a percentage of the client's recovery
- Avitech, LLC v. Embrex, Inc. Successfully defended a patentee against monopolization counterclaims in a patent dispute. Counterclaims were dismissed
- East Side Vend Distributors v. Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., et al. Represented a major US bottling company in defending a price discrimination lawsuit brought by a regional distributor
- Kelley v. Thompson McCully Co., et al. Successfully defended a multinational construction materials supplier against a private lawsuit alleging price-fixing and market allocation agreements