Lisa Kimmel, Senior Counsel of Crowell & Moring, presents a year in review, focused on mergers and acquisitions.
Antitrust Mergers and Acquisitions: A Year In Review
Lisa joins Crowell & Moring from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), where she worked for nearly five years as an attorney advisor on antitrust and competition policy matters for Commissioner and later, Chairwoman, Edith Ramirez. During her time at the FTC, Lisa advised the chairwoman on antitrust enforcement and policy matters across a broad range of sectors, and was her lead advisor on antitrust enforcement and competition policy matters in the technology sector, including matters related to industry standards and the acquisition or assertion of intellectual property rights.
Before joining the FTC, Lisa practiced with the antitrust group at an AmLaw 100 firm, where she worked in the firm's San Francisco and Washington, D.C. offices. Lisa has represented clients in a broad range of industries on antitrust matters, including civil litigation and merger and non-merger investigations before the United States Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, and foreign enforcement agencies. Lisa also regularly counseled clients on a variety of issues including joint ventures and patent licensing agreements.
Lisa earned her J.D. and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley. She is an active member of the ABA Antitrust Section, where she is vice-chair of the Media & Technology Committee, past editor of the Unilateral Conduct Committee newsletter, and co-editor of a forthcoming revision to the Handbook on Antitrust Aspects of Standard Setting.