Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, INDUSTRY NEWS: GE names Sharis Pozen VP of Global Competition and Antitrust, (Oct 16, 2014)

Sharis Pozen, a former Acting Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, has been named General Electric’s Vice President of Global Competition and Antitrust. She joins GE from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, where she was a partner in the firm’s Antitrust Group.

At GE, Pozen is responsible for leading the company’s global competition and antitrust team with regard to compliance, merger clearance, and related issues. She has extensive experience in both government and private practice with regard to antitrust, and is one of the few antitrust practitioners who have served in high-level positions with both the Department of Justice and the FTC. From 1989 until 1994, Pozen was Advisor to the Director of the Bureau of Competition at the FTC. Later, she served as Chief of Staff and Counsel, as well as Acting Assistant Attorney General at the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division.

While at the Department of Justice, Pozen oversaw the Department’s efforts to block AT&T’s proposed $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile, and also brought the ebooks case against Apple and five publishers. She was also involved with the investigation and prosecution of various criminal antitrust matters, including the criminal price fixing activity found in the autoparts industry.

Attorneys: Sharis Pozen

Companies: General Electric

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