Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, INDUSTRY NEWS: Antitrust Litigator Bruce Blefeld Joins K&L Gates, (Apr 26, 2013)

Antitrust trial attorney Bruce A. Blefeld has joined K&L Gates LLP as a partner in the law firm’s antitrust practice, the firm has announced. Blefeld will work out of the firm’s Houston office.

Blefeld has focused his practice on antitrust and other complex commercial litigation, representing clients in the health care, pharmaceutical, and energy industries, among other areas. Some of his high-profile cases have included defending a health care device and supply company in a $1 billion antitrust suit and defending the largest health care group purchasing organization (GPO) in a $600 million antitrust suit.

He also has worked as part of teams that prevented a specialty chemical company from terminating a $6.5 billion purchase agreement and that represented several international insurers in an $850 million claim arising from the Exxon Valdez oil spill, one of the largest insurance coverage cases ever tried. Blefeld regularly provides antitrust counseling and guidance to health care providers, major pharmaceutical companies, and joint ventures involving competitor collaborations.

The antitrust litigator arrived at K&L Gates from Jackson Walker L.L.P., and previously held a partner position at Vinson & Elkins LLP. He has served as Council for the Antitrust and Business Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas, as Vice Chair of the ABA Antitrust Section’s Business Torts and Civil RICO Committee, and as a member of the Editorial Board of the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Section.

Blefeld received his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law and his B.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.

K&L Gates LLP is a global law firm with more than 2,000 attorneys, operating out of 48 offices located on five continents. Its antirust, competition, and trade regulation practice has 60 attorneys worldwide.

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