Brian Rafkin
Partner at Akin | Antitrust & Competition
- Role
- Partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
- Location
- Washington, DC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Brian Rafkin
Partner in Akin’s antitrust/competition practice-Represent clients before the DOJ Antitrust Division and the FTC in merger and non-merger antitrust investigations-Lead the firm’s HSR premerger filing practice.I focus my practice on representing a broad array of clients in merger and non-merger antitrust investigations. I am a former Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division attorney who represents clients before the DOJ and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). A go-to lawyer for clients facing antitrust agency scrutiny, I have substantial experience guiding clients through challenging merger investigations.I lead Akin’s Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) premerger filing practice, including advising on HSR reportability issues and preparing and submitting HSR filings. I also routinely advises on antitrust compliance issues, such as interlocking directorates, information exchanges, distribution and franchising, monopolistic conduct and joint ventures (JVs).With clients across industries, I advise companies and investors in energy (including oil & gas), health care & life sciences, manufacturing, consumer products, chemicals, airlines, technology, semiconductors and various other industries.In addition, I defend companies in litigated merger challenges brought by the government. I represented chemical producer PeroxyChem in its trial victory against the FTC in its attempt to block the $640 million sale of PeroxyChem to Evonik. I also represented General Electric in Electrolux/General Electric, Monsanto in Deere/Monsanto and Phoebe Putney hospital in Phoebe Putney/Palmyra Park.Prior to joining Akin, I was an antitrust associate at two prominent D.C. law firms and served as a trial attorney at the DOJ Antitrust Division’s Defense, Industrials and Aerospace Section (DIA).
Experience
Partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Jan 2025 — Present · Washington, DC, US
Education
University of Florida - Fredric G. Levin College of Law
J.D., Law
2005 — 2008
Duke University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), History
2001 — 2005
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