Antitrust and Distribution

The Armstrong Teasdale antitrust lawyers counsel clients on the full spectrum of antitrust, distribution, and trade regulation issues.  From antitrust issues that impact business planning, statutory and regulatory compliance, to the formation and management of business relationships with suppliers, customers, industry associations and competitors.  The antitrust lawyers provide effective, practical antitrust advice from both a business and litigation avoidance perspective. While maintaining professional objectivity, our antitrust lawyers strive to fully understand each client’s business and be an active part of their team.

Practice Highlights

Of the 63 Armstrong Teasdale attorneys named to the most recent edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, one was named top Antitrust and Distribution lawyer.

Key Areas of Antitrust Counseling

• Compliance/Government Enforcement: Armstrong Teasdale’s antitrust lawyers are experienced in counseling business clients in all areas of antitrust compliance.  We are well versed in all areas of antitrust law, from audits and internal investigations, to responses to Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission and State Attorneys General inquiries, to development of company-specific antitrust compliance programs.
• Trade Associations: Our antitrust lawyers have been involved in the formation of trade associations and regularly counsel clients on issues relating to membership and participation such as standard-setting, information exchanges, statistical programs, benchmarking, and conduct among competitors at association meetings.
• Distribution/Supply Relationships: Armstrong Teasdale’s antitrust lawyers are well-versed in all aspects of antitrust law which can affect distribution and supply relationships. Members of the group lend practical and effective advice to the management of such complicated aspects of doing business as distribution systems, distributor terminations, exclusive dealing relationships, pricing arrangements, and internet/e-commerce/B2B relationships.
• Mergers and Acquisitions: Analysis and notification compliance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act are areas in which our antitrust lawyers have extensive experience. Successful acquisitions are facilitated by helping clients address government concerns creatively and effectively.
• Joint Ventures: Armstrong Teasdale’s antitrust lawyers have extensive experience in the formation and governance of joint ventures among competitors and third parties, and other forms of competitor collaborations.
• Unfair Trade Practices: Armstrong Teasdale is proud of the breadth and depth of its antitrust lawyers’ experience and success in helping clients to navigate federal and state laws on unfair and deceptive trade practices and competition.
• Intellectual Property: Our antitrust lawyers work in close collaboration with intellectual property and patent lawyers to be certain that antitrust components of these areas are fully addressed.  The antitrust lawyers are well versed in the strategies for maximizing intellectual property rights consistent with antitrust guidelines.
• International: In conjunction with the International practice group and strong relationships with other law firms in key foreign countries, the firm's antitrust lawyers are experienced in making certain that international trade regulation and antitrust laws are properly addressed for clients engaged in either outbound or inbound transactions or in international strategic growth.

For additional antitrust litigation experience (next page)

Members of the Antitrust and Distribution Practice Group

Bauer, Carl	Moore, Craig
Calvert, Winston	Nelson, Dan
Galt, Scott	Spalty, Ed
Jermann, David	Stoneman, Mark
Laue, Brant	Summerville, Jay
Louis, Phil	Wood, Lisa