“Jeff Jaeckel is an experienced antitrust litigator and counselor. He advises foreign and domestic corporations in connection with all manner of antitrust and competition law matters, and helps clients achieve success in all of their antitrust engagements, from M&A strategy and investigations to cartel investigations to civil litigation.
Jeff has notable experience representing public and private corporations in connection with their most significant and complicated antitrust litigation in federal and state courts. He regularly represents clients in all antitrust aspects of complicated transactional matters, including strategy and structuring of transactions to avoid antitrust risk and achieve strategic business objectives, and U.S. and multinational merger notification and review. Jeff also represents domestic and international companies in connection with government investigations of conduct, including civil investigations relating to monopolization or criminal investigations of alleged price-fixing. Jeff also assists clients in the protection of their intellectual property and counsels clients on the antitrust ramifications of commercial agreements to capitalize on the value of intellectual property.
Jeff represents clients across a range of industries, including pharmaceuticals and medical devices, semiconductors, software, Internet services, transportation, consumer products, telecommunications, and media and entertainment.
Experience
Represented SoftBank in connection with the acquisition by Sprint Nextel of the approximately 50% of the equity of Clearwire Corporation that Sprint does not already own for a purchase price of approximately $4 billion, resulting in a total Clearwire enterprise value of approximately $14 billion.
Represented Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co. and Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co. before the Federal Trade Commission in connection with their $7 billion merger to form Astellas Pharma Inc., Japan’s second largest pharmaceutical company.
Represented SoftBank in its $21.6 billion acquisition of a 78% interest in U.S. wireless operator Sprint Nextel. The transaction was the largest announced U.S. M&A transaction of 2012, the largest outbound investment ever from Asia, and the largest U.S. M&A transaction in Japan’s history.
Represented Elpida Memory, a Tokyo-based DRAM manufacturer, in its $2.5 billion sale to Micron Technologies, making Micron the world’s second-largest DRAM manufacturer.
Represented major international transportation company in connection with an investigation in the U.S., Japan, and South Korea related to alleged price-fixing in the air cargo industry.
Represents major international transportation company in the U.S., EU, Brazil, and Asia in connection with an investigation of alleged price-fixing in the freight forwarding industry and related class action civil litigation.
Represents AirTran Airways in a Department of Justice investigation into allegations that our client conspired with Delta Air Lines to set airline baggage fees, and in parallel class action civil litigation.
Secured summary judgment on behalf of international transportation company in antitrust litigation alleging that our client conspired with FedEx to boycott certain consultants in the shipping industry .
Represents Asian semiconductor manufacturer in connection with an investigation in the U.S., EU, and Canada related to allegations of price-fixing.