Antitrust and Distribution Business Services

Armstrong Teasdale advises clients on antitrust issues that impact business planning, statutory and regulatory compliance, and formation and management of business relationships with suppliers, customers, industry associations and competitors. The group's business lawyers regularly consult with antitrust trial lawyers to provide effective, practical antitrust advice. While maintaining professional objectivity, members of the group strive to fully understand client business and be an active part of their team.

Key Areas of Antitrust Counseling

• Compliance/Government Enforcement: Armstrong Teasdale’s lawyers are experienced in counseling business clients in all areas of antitrust compliance, 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: Business 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, benchmarking, and conduct among competitors at association meetings.

• Distribution/Supply Relationships: Armstrong Teasdale’s team is 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 group members have extensive experience. Successful acquisitions are facilitated by helping clients address government concerns creatively and effectively.

• Unfair Trade Practices: Armstrong Teasdale is proud of the breadth and depth of its business lawyers’ experience and success in helping clients to navigate federal and state laws on unfair and deceptive trade practices and competition.

• Intellectual Property: Business lawyers work in close collaboration with intellectual property and patent lawyers to be certain that antitrust components of these areas are fully addressed.

• International: In conjunction with the International Practice Group and strong relationships with other law firms in key foreign countries, the firm's business lawyers are experienced in making certain that international trade regulation laws are properly addressed for clients engaged in either outbound or inbound transactions or in international strategic growth.

Members of the Antitrust & Distribution Business Services Practice Group