Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, INDUSTRY NEWS: Antitrust attorney William J. Kolasky joins Hughes Hubbard & Reed, (Aug 2, 2013)

Antitrust attorney William J. Kolasky has joined Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP as a partner in its Antitrust Practice Group, the law firm has announced. Kolasky will work out the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.

Kolasky came to the firm from the Washington, D.C. office of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. He also previously served a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division.

With over 35 years of experience in the antitrust field, Kolasky has focused his practice on representing and counseling clients in a wide range of antitrust matters. He represents clients in antitrust litigation and in civil and criminal investigations before the Antitrust Division and the FTC. He has obtained clearance from the agencies for more than 100 mergers and acquisitions, and has coordinated merger reviews across multiple international jurisdictions. He also counsels clients on the antitrust implications of their business arrangements.

As Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Kolasky was instrumental in establishing the International Competition Network, an international body intended to promote increased cooperation and convergence among the more than 100 competition authorities it now counts as members.

Kolasky was a former Chair of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr’s Antitrust and Competition Practice Group. He serves as a member of the editorial board of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law’s Antitrust magazine and as a member of the Section’s Reserves Board. He has taught antitrust law as an adjunct professor at American University’s Washington College of Law.

“Bill is a giant in antitrust law who has helped his clients close industry-leading mergers and acquisitions,” said James B. Kobak, Jr., Co-Chair of Hughes Hubbard & Reed’s Antitrust Practice Group. “We are excited to welcome a lawyer of such recognized excellence whom we know will be an excellent fit with our existing antitrust practice and firm culture.”

Kolasky received his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1971, and an A.B. from Dartmouth College in 1968. He clerked for Judge Bailey Aldrich of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP is an international law firm with offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Miami, Jersey City, Kansas City, Paris, and Tokyo. Its attorneys work in over 30 specialized practices, including mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, corporate reorganization, real estate, cross-border transactions, securities litigation, arbitration, product liability, antitrust, intellectual property, labor, employee benefits, and tax.

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