Michael Lawrence

About Michael Lawrence

I am an antitrust advisor and litigator with over 20 years of experience at leading…

Experience

1. Senior Competition Counsel

   Google

   Oct 2011 — Present · Mountain View, GB

   Serves as a lead on global competition counseling to a wide range of business units, developing and executing legal strategies. I have advised Search, Assistant, Chrome, Maps, YouTube, Android, Cloud, and Patent Law. Responsibilities include advising on business strategies on product launches, commercial deals, and partnerships.Also leads engagement with competition agencies on policy initiatives throughout Latin America and Canada.From 20••••24, led defense to significant monopoly investigations and lawsuits in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.Key results include:* Successfully achieved decertification of U.S. Android class action with 20 million members.* Secured favorable rulings from Brazil’s CADE tribunal, resulting in the closure of three antitrust investigations — Google Shopping, Google Ads, and alleged “scraping ” by Google Search.* Led initial defense strategy for European Commission’s Android investigation; relocated to London in 2013 to formulate key arguments and themes.* Successfully led defense to FTC investigation alleging violations of Google’s voluntary commitments that resolved Google Search investigation in 2012.

Skills

• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation
• International Law
• Intellectual Property
• Competition Law