Clients turn to us to advance their objectives and manage risk in today’s complex, ever-changing global trade landscape.
WilmerHale lawyers have decades of experience advising public and private companies in all aspects of mergers and acquisitions.
Our China Trade Practice offers a unique combination of services bringing together prominent policy, regulatory and government relations capabilities in China with premier in-country business and transactions experience.
Providing comprehensive solutions for the acquisition, enforcement and protection of IP.
Our experienced team helps clients from around the globe navigate the complex world of EU law, regulation and policy.
Clients turn to us for their highest-stakes trade secret disputes.
Clients trust us to protect their most important intellectual property matters.
Antitrust and Competition
Antitrust and Competition
New and traditional media companies turn to WilmerHale to address their most complex legal, regulatory and business challenges.
Antitrust and Competition
“The firm is at its best during a fight—whether that’s against an enforcer, or in court against a private litigant.” — Global Competition Review
WilmerHale offers one of the world’s premier international arbitration and dispute resolution practices.
A global team handling highly complex and sensitive matters in all aspects of litigation.
Members of the team have structured, negotiated and concluded a range of landmark agreements with China, most notably China's intellectual property rights agreements, market access agreement and the comprehensive US-China bilateral agreement that paved the way for China's WTO membership, covering all goods, services and agriculture in the Chinese economy. The team advises Chinese entities on their outbound commercial, investment and trade transactions, including obtaining regulatory approvals, and on the structuring of transactions and defending against trade actions. We have implemented investment strategies, structured business transactions and devised sophisticated market access strategies for multinational companies around the world, and have negotiated with and litigated against virtually every major trading nation, as well as emerging market countries. The firm has represented major multinational companies in investigations across China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Thailand. For one US-based client, we helped reduce or eliminate fines following an antitrust investigation in China, Japan and Korea, securing what has been reported as the largest-ever reduction in fines from the US Department of Justice following its investigation. Additionally, WilmerHale has conducted internal investigations for Asian businesses, including one dealing with alleged kickbacks and extortion by sales representatives and another related to a major US-based manufacturer’s acquisition of a Chinese firm for $300 million.
Advising life sciences innovators, investors and industry leaders on complex transactions, legal issues and business challenges.
WilmerHale is uniquely positioned to provide counseling, strategic advice and litigation representation to clients confronting issues involving both antitrust and intellectual property law—and the intersection between the two.
International Trade, Investment and Market Access
We offer clients exceptional insight in dealing with competition agencies in the United States, Europe and around the world.
Intellectual Property Litigation
International Trade, Investment and Market Access
Antitrust and Competition