Partner Randy D. Gordon, chair of the Firm’s antitrust and trade regulation practice, authored an article for Law360 regarding the merger between Anheuser-Busch InBev and its rival SAB Miller.
“The antitrust and related regulatory issues with this merger are legion,” said Mr. Gordon. “The first question many antitrust lawyers ask themselves when setting down to analyze the ramifications of any proposed transaction is, ‘Who’s going to complain?’ Here, the answer is, ‘Lots of people.’”
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