As counsel, John Magruder specializes in antitrust counseling in a transactional context. John provides clear and practical guidance on premerger notification compliance and has extensive experience preparing competition filings and obtaining competition approvals in the U.S. and worldwide. He also counsels clients on antitrust compliance regarding integration planning, gun-jumping, and interlocking directors as well as negotiation of contractual terms relating to antitrust risk allocation and efforts.

John also evaluates the competitive effects of proposed transactions, advocates before the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, and negotiates and coordinates responses to requests for additional information.

John routinely represents multinational corporate clients, venture capital firms, private equity firms, and hedge funds on complex investments and transactions in industries including automotive, construction, energy, franchising, fintech and financial services, healthcare, hospitality, insurance, manufacturing, media & entertainment, mining, pharma, real estate, retail and consumer goods, shipping and last-mile transportation, spirits, tech, telecom and transportation.