Tara Tavernia represents sophisticated clients in complex antitrust matters, including strategic mergers and government conduct investigations.

Tara draws upon her extensive experience to efficiently guide market-leading companies and private equity clients through high-stakes antitrust matters involving:

  • Transaction reviews, including securing unconditional approvals and, when necessary, Second Request compliance and merger remedy negotiation
  • Investigations brought by federal enforcers
  • Antitrust litigation

She leverages her deep understanding of the agency landscape to deliver high-level client service in the face of government scrutiny across a broad range of industries.

Tara is a member of the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section and currently serves as the Co-Chair of The Antitrust Source online magazine.

Tara’s experience includes representing:

  • Tapestry, owner of several major US fashion brands, on the antitrust considerations for its US$8.5 billion acquisition of Capri Holdings
  • A major airline on defending against a US Department of Justice (DOJ) federal court challenge to a joint venture
  • Ka’ena, the owner of Mint Mobile, on the antitrust considerations of its US$1.3 billion sale to T-Mobile
  • A global consumer products company facing a Robinson-Patman Act investigation brought by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
  • EssilorLuxottica on antitrust considerations of its acquisition of US-based lab network Walman 
  • A leading life sciences company in an FTC investigation
  • Astorg Partners and Goldman Sachs on antitrust considerations of its sale of Laboratoire HRA Pharma to Perrigo
  • Antitrust considerations in a major telecommunications industry merger, including advising on all aspects of DOJ’s review of the transaction and serving on a trial team that successfully defended against a federal court challenge by a coalition of state attorneys general*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • District of Columbia
  • Virginia

Education

  • Juris Doctor, University of Chicago Law School, 2012
    with honors
  • Bachelor of Arts in English & American Studies, Cornell University, 2009
    magna cum laude, with distinction in all subjects