Caitlin N. Fitzpatrick

Caitlin Fitzpatrick is a partner in Latham & Watkins’ premier global antitrust and competition practice, representing market-leading clients in obtaining antitrust clearances for high-stakes mergers and acquisitions in the US and around the globe.

Caitlin’s wealth of experience on many high-profile and complex merger matters allows her to offer strategic, pragmatic advice, tailored to a client’s industry area and business priorities.  Her practice includes securing regulatory approvals from antitrust authorities in the US (both the DOJ and FTC) and working seamlessly with Latham’s global team to clear transactions in the EU, UK, China, and many other jurisdictions. Valued for her ability to distill and apply legal principles to business realities, Caitlin helps clients navigate their most significant antitrust matters, including HSR filings and Second Request compliance, merger remedy negotiations, and antitrust conduct investigations and compliance matters. 

She represents clients across a wide range of diverse industries, including industrials, agriculture, energy, technology, media, consumer goods, and life sciences. Caitlin has also represented companies in complex commercial litigation, civil antitrust litigation, and commercial arbitration in state and federal courts around the country, as well as before the International Chamber of Commerce.

Caitlin is a member of Latham’s Chambers Band 1 DC antitrust team and currently serves on the D.C. office’s committee focused on strengthening client and alumni relationships.

She is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and is an active member of the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Section, currently serving as Vice Chair of the Section’s Leadership Development Committee and previously serving on the Editorial Board of the ABA Joint Conduct Committee’s newsletter.

Before joining Latham, Caitlin worked at another major law firm in New York, where she represented clients on antitrust and complex commercial litigation matters.