Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Antitrust lawyer Sandy Thomas named managing partner at Reed Smith, (Jun 13, 2014)
Organizations Mentioned:Reed Smith, LLP | U.S. Department of Justice | Washington & Lee University
Antitrust lawyer Alexander Y. “Sandy” Thomas has been elected the Global Managing Partner at Reed Smith LLP, the firm announced.
Thomas, a 1993 graduate of Washington & Lee University School of Law, joined Reed Smith in 1999, and is former chair of its firmwide Litigation Department. He was selected by the Executive Committee as Global Managing Partner in October 2013, and has now been elected by the partners of the firm to a full three-year term.
He is a commercial litigator and antitrust counselor with significant experience in antitrust and competition, global regulatory enforcement, commercial compliance matters, and competition-related disputes. Before entering private practice, he was a trial attorney in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, and served as Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Reed Smith LLP is a global law firm with more than 1,800 lawyers in 26 offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Founded in 1877, the firm counsels industries including financial services, life sciences, health care, advertising, technology and media, shipping, energy and natural resources, real estate, manufacturing, and education.
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