Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce that Alicia J. Batts has joined the firm as partner in the Antitrust and Competition Practice, based in Washington DC. Ms. Batts joins from Proskauer.
An experienced antitrust lawyer, Ms. Batts joins the firm with a well-established practice representing clients in mergers and acquisitions as well as general investigations before federal and state agencies.
Her agency and counseling practice includes consumer protection matters before the Federal Trade Commission and state authorities. Her federal antitrust litigation practice spans the full range of antitrust and unfair competition-related litigation, including class actions and competitor suits.
Ms. Batts has significant experience advising clients on the antitrust aspects of multimillion dollar acquisitions, including most recently, Grifols S.A. in its US$4.1B acquisition of Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings Corp., as well as Areas Management and the Lonza Group.
Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Batts served as an Attorney Advisor to Federal Trade Commissioner Mozelle Thompson, for whom she reviewed antitrust actions before the FTC and made recommendations on enforcement and policy matters before the federal antitrust agency.
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