Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs
Latham team recognized as appellate court affirms previous decisions against the US Department of Justice's challenge to U.S. Sugar's purchase of Imperial Sugar.
Chris Yates, former Global Co-Chair of the firm’s Antitrust & Competition Practice, litigates precedent-setting cases across the US, with particular focus on monopolization and sports antitrust litigation.
Leveraging more than two decades experience at the forefront of antitrust law, Mr. Yates guides household brands and world-leading sports and entertainment properties through nuanced and novel competition issues, including:
He has a track record of success in federal trial courts across the country, including in California, New York, Florida, Texas, Illinois, and Delaware, and has won appeals before the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and other courts of appeal.
A recognized thought leader, Mr. Yates regularly speaks on current antitrust litigation issues and is an active member of the American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section.
Mr. Yates maintains an active pro bono practice, including work on behalf of seniors — for which he and his team received the Justice Walker Pro Bono Award — as well as for veterans and Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), an organization that focuses on unaccompanied and separated children’s rights in the US.
Mr. Yates currently serves on the firm’s Associates Committee.
Mr. Yates’ experience includes representing:
Latham team recognized as appellate court affirms previous decisions against the US Department of Justice's challenge to U.S. Sugar's purchase of Imperial Sugar.
Mike Egge voted as Dealmaker of the Year for groundbreaking work and his dynamic leadership within Latham and the antitrust bar broadly.
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.