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Michael Egge is a leading antitrust lawyer with more than 30 years’ experience defending clients in high-stakes investigations and winning regulatory clearances for transactions around the globe. He is also a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.
Mr. Egge represents market leaders in all manner of antitrust investigations, including investigations of strategic transactions, cartel conduct, and other business conduct that draw antitrust scrutiny, primarily before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), US Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ), and the European Commission (EC). Mr. Egge is widely regarded for his experience in clearing major transactions that require navigating merger control requirements around the world. He has personally appeared and argued before antitrust authorities in countries across North America, South America, Europe and Asia. In recognition of his leadership shepherding complex deals to a successful close, he was honored as 2023’s Dealmaker of the Year by Global Competition Review. Additionally, in 2018, Mr. Egge’s experience clearing large, antitrust-sensitive transactions won him Antitrust Trailblazer honors from the National Law Journal and he is routinely recognized as a top global antitrust lawyer by:
Mr. Egge has played a pivotal role in building one of the most comprehensive global antitrust practice platforms in the world today. From 2006-2015 he led the Latham & Watkins Global Antitrust & Competition Practice Group, including three years (from 2012-2015) resident in the Brussels office where he helped expand Latham & Watkins’ practice before the European Commission. Mr. Egge served as Managing Partner of the firm’s Washington Office from 2016 until his election to the firm’s Executive Committee in 2020.
Mr. Egge speaks frequently on antitrust issues and has served in a variety of leadership positions within the ABA Antitrust Section, including as a member of its governing Council, co-Chair of the Annual Spring Meeting, Chair of the Merger Process Working Group, and Chair of several of its expert conferences.
A selection of Mr. Egge’s work includes representation of:
Mike Egge voted as Dealmaker of the Year for groundbreaking work and his dynamic leadership within Latham and the antitrust bar broadly.
Firm recognized by Law360 for roles in history-making litigation and landmark deals.
Law360 Named Latham a Competition Group of the Year, thanks to a historical defeat of a FTC in-house merger challenge, defending biotech firm Grail, after its acquisition by Illumina.