Lindsey Champlin, Global Vice Chair of the firm’s Antitrust & Competition Practice, counsels US and international companies on a range of antitrust issues, with a particular focus on securing antitrust clearances for all types of M&A transactions. Lindsey was recently named to Global Competition Review’s 40 Under 40 honor roll and is individually ranked by Chambers USA for Antitrust.

Drawing on her vast cross-border experience, Lindsey assists leading companies on their most significant antitrust matters, such as:

  • Merger matters, including HSR filings and Second Request compliance
  • Merger remedy negotiations
  • Merger litigation opposite the DOJ and FTC and merger arbitration
  • Antitrust litigations, including federal court jury trials
  • Antitrust conduct and consent decree compliance investigations

She represents clients doing business in diverse industries, from the energy and automotive sectors to industrial equipment and machinery, retail, advertising, and live entertainment.

Lindsey leverages the firm’s global platform to help clients navigate overlapping multijurisdictional antitrust approvals from competition authorities around the world, involving the US Department of Justice (DOJ), the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the European Commission, the Canadian Competition Bureau, Mexico’s Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica, and China’s State Administration for Market Regulation.

She regularly counsels clients on competitor collaborations, information sharing, and sales and marketing practices. Lindsey also conducts economic analyses of mergers and other complex antitrust issues.

Lindsey maintains an active pro bono practice and served on Latham’s Pro Bono Committee. She has represented the Polaris Project, an anti-human trafficking organization; a tenant association in litigation involving housing code violations in Washington, D.C.; elder law clients; children in individualized education program proceedings against DC Public Schools; and guided clients through asylum applications.

Lindsey regularly writes and presents on topics related to antitrust law, including for law schools, academic journals, and the American Bar Association.

Lindsey serves as a member of the steering committee for GCR Antitrust Law Leaders Forum and as a member of W@Competition, an organization for women competition professionals. 

Lindsey's experience includes advising:

  • Live Nation Entertainment and Ticketmaster in the antitrust litigation brought by DOJ and State Plaintiffs, including through federal court jury trial
  • Cox Enterprises in Cox Communications’ $34.5 billion combination with Charter Communications
  • Calpine in its $26.6 billion transaction with Constellation Energy
  • Allison Transmission in its $2.7 billion acquisition of Dana’s Off-Highway Business
  • Authentic Brands in its acquisition of Guess
  • Amphenol in its acquisition of Mobile Networks Businesses from CommScope
  • A leading aerospace manufacturing company on multiple acquisitions in the aerospace and defense sectors
  • Tapestry in its US$8.5 billion proposed acquisition of Capri Holdings, including through federal court litigation against the FTC
  • Vistra in its US$6.8 billion purchase of Energy Harbor
  • Viasat on its US$7.3 billion combination with Inmarsat
  • Incitec Pivot in the US$1.68 billion sale of its Waggaman ammonia plant to CF Industries
  • Energy Capital Partners on the US$370 sale of Transit Energy Group to ARKO Corp.
  • EP Energy on its US$1.5 billion sale to EnCap Energy
  • US Sugar on acquiring Imperial Sugar, including through successful merger litigation against DOJ and unanimous Third Circuit affirmance
  • Energy Transfer LP on its US$7 billion acquisition of Enable Midstream Partners
  • NRG on its US$3.6 billion acquisition of Direct Energy
  • Sasol on its Lake Charles Chemical Plant joint venture with LyondellBasell
  • Novelis on its US$2.8 billion acquisition of Aleris, including through the first-ever US merger arbitration
  • Live Nation Entertainment on extending a consent decree with the DOJ for the company’s merger with Ticketmaster and related DOJ investigations and litigations
  • Xerium Technologies on its acquisition by Andritz AG 
  • Rowan Companies on its US$2.4 billion merger with Ensco
  • Ensco on its US$850 million acquisition of Atwood Oceanics
  • EssilorLuxottica on its US$6 billion acquisition of GrandVision
  • Agrium on its US$36 billion merger of equals with PotashCorp
  • Weatherford on selling its US hydraulic fracturing business to Schlumberger
  • Custom Sensors & Technologies on its US$1 billion sale of its sensing portfolio to Sensata Technologies
  • Nissan on acquiring a US$2.2 billion controlling stake in Mitsubishi Motors, winning 14 unconditional clearances globally
  • Avago Technologies on its US$37 billion acquisition of Broadcom
  • Entercom Communications on its US$105 million acquisition of Lincoln Financial Media
  • Siemens on its US$7.6 billion acquisition of Dresser-Rand
  • Veyance Technologies on its US$1.9 billion acquisition by Continental AG

Bar Qualification

  • District of Columbia
  • Virginia

Education

  • JD, George Mason University School of Law, 2011
    magna cum laude
  • BA in Economics, Colgate University, 2008
    magna cum laude