Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Former deputy director of FTC Bureau of Competition joins King & Spalding, (Oct 7, 2014)

International law firm King & Spalding has added former FTC Bureau of Competition deputy director Norman A. Armstrong, Jr. to its global antitrust practice, the firm recently announced. Armstrong joins the firm as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office.

As deputy director of the Bureau of Competition, Armstrong led three divisions that investigated mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures in a number of industries, such as casinos, chemicals, consumer goods, entertainment, health care, pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, retail, and technology. He also oversaw a number of the Commission’s most notable litigation matters in the last few years, and oversaw a number of important merger investigations. Armstrong received his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia, and his law degree from Howard University Law School.

“We are thrilled to have a lawyer of Norm’s caliber join our growing antitrust practice. Lawyers with his depth of government antitrust experience are rare,” stated head of King & Spalding’s antitrust practice, Jeff Spigel. “His expertise in merger and other competition issues, which he developed in his nearly 20 years of experience at all levels of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, complements King & Spalding’s competition law practice.”

King & Spalding is an international law firm with 800 lawyers in 17 offices across the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The firm represents a wide range of clients, including half of the Fortune Global 100.

Attorneys: Norman A. Armstrong, Jr. (King & Spalding)

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