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Christopher A. Williams
Chris assists clients with antitrust issues related to mergers, acquisitions, and other commercial transactions, including antitrust filings and government investigations.
Chris Williams counsels on mergers and acquisitions (M&A); joint ventures; intellectual property licensing; and pricing, supply, and distribution agreements. He works with regulatory authorities in China, Japan, South Korea, and Europe on cross-border matters.
Chris advises on all aspects of merger control, including regulatory clearance; transaction structure and antitrust risk allocation in M&A agreements; preparing merger notification filings, including under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act; and advocating for clients in Second Request investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. He directs strategy in merger reviews by foreign competition authorities; advises on remedy proposals and negotiations; represents interested third parties and divestiture buyers; and provides guidance on diligence, integration planning, and other pre-closing matters.
Representing clients ranging from small and emerging firms to large market leaders, Chris works in multiple industries including big data, digital health, chemicals, e-gaming, electronics and computer hardware, software as a service, media and entertainment, healthcare and life sciences, technology, retail, and transportation.
Areas of focus
Industries
Services
Education & Credentials
Education
- American University Washington College of Law, J.D., cum laude, Staff, Administrative Law Review, 2008
- Duke University, B.S., Economics and Public Policy Studies, cum laude, 2004
Bar and Court Admissions
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District of Columbia
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Florida
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North Carolina
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of International Trade
Related Employment
- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Washington, D.C., Senior Counsel, 2020-2021; Of Counsel, 2018-2020; Associate, 2011-2018
- Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Washington, D.C., Associate, 2008-2011
Professional Recognition
Named to the "Rising Stars" lists published by Washington DC Super Lawyers, 2014-2021
Impact
Professional Leadership
- Antitrust at Duke University School of Law, Senior Lecturing Fellow
Insights
News
Professional Experience
Experience
Acquisition by 11:11 Systems, Inc.
Represented 11:11 Systems, Inc. in the acquisition of Green Cloud Technologies, LLC, an independent channel-only cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider
Sale of S.D.S. Lumber and Timber Holdings
Represented S.D.S. Lumber Co. and S.D.S. Co., L.L.C. in their sale to Twin Creeks Timber, LLC, The Conservation Fund, and WKO, Inc.