Rebecca Frumento helps guide leading clients through global competition reviews of their mergers and acquisitions and defends them against antitrust litigation and government investigations. She additionally advises clients on antitrust-related commercial conduct.

Rebecca’s experience spans a wide range of industries, including technology, consumer products, agriculture, media and entertainment, sports, healthcare and life sciences, transportation, industrials, energy, and financial services. She has helped clients analyze their risk, respond to government inquiries, and helped them navigate a complex set of competition frameworks across each jurisdiction they operate.

Rebecca maintains an active pro bono practice, representing asylum seekers in immigration matters.

Rebecca served as the managing editor of the Dispute Resolution Society, and was a competitor on the Fordham Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Team. Additionally, she served as an associate editor of the Fordham International Law Journal and a committee member of Fordham Law Women. Prior to law school, Rebecca worked at HarperCollins Publishers and Phoenix House.

Rebecca’s experience includes advising:

  • US grains merchant manufacturer Bunge Limited on the global merger control and FDI aspects of its US$34 billion merger with Viterra
  • Omnicom on obtaining regulatory clearances in 18 jurisdictions globally for its acquisition of Interpublic Group, a provider of global advertising and marketing services
  • A leading financial services company as a third party in ongoing litigation
  • A US healthcare provider facing an investigation into anticompetitive conduct
  • Allen Media Group, a media and entertainment company, on the sale of television stations in ten markets to Gray Media
  • Union Pacific in long-running, multi-district antitrust litigation alleging collusion among the nation’s four largest railroad companies over freight fuel surcharges. We secured a decisive victory when the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment. 
  • Endeavor on the global antitrust considerations for its US$21 billion merger of its mixed martial arts franchise UFC with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
  • Viasat, a global satellite operator and service provider, in obtaining global antitrust and foreign investment approvals for its US$7.3 billion acquisition of Inmarsat

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, Fordham University School of Law, 2021
    cum laude
  • BA in Psychology, Scripps College, 2016

Languages Spoken

  • English