Former US DOJ Antitrust Division Deputy Chief Of Staff Joins Morrison & Foerster

Morrison & Foerster announced the arrival of David J. Shaw as a partner in its Antitrust Practice Group in Washington, DC. Mr. Shaw joins Morrison & Foerster from the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division, where he most recently served as Deputy Chief of Staff and Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General, as well as Acting Chief of Staff for the transition.

His arrival closely follows that of Alexander Okuliar, who joined Morrison & Foerster as co-chair of the firm’s Global Antitrust Practice Group in March, having also joined from the Antitrust Division of the DOJ, where he served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Enforcement. Mr. Shaw brings to the firm extensive experience across merger clearance litigation, cartel representations, and counseling, as well as deep knowledge of state attorney general antitrust enforcement.

In his role as Deputy Chief of Staff and Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General in the DOJ’s Antitrust Division, Mr. Shaw advised and assisted the head of the Antitrust Division on law and policy related to the Division, and managed relationships with state attorneys general across all Division matters, including directly handling relationships in the highest stakes and most sensitive matters facing the Division.

Additionally, he held a leadership role with respect to conduct and merger reviews related to leading online platforms, and held particular responsibility for Telecommunications and Broadband; Transportation, Energy, and Agriculture; Competition Policy and Advocacy; and International Sections. Prior to this, Mr. Shaw served as a Trial Attorney in the Technology and Financial Services Section of the Antitrust Division, where he handled all aspects of the merger review process, from reviewing HSR filings, to preliminary investigations, Second Request investigations, and merger challenges. In this role, he served on the trial teams for some of the highest profile antitrust merger challenges in the technology and energy sectors.