| EXPERIENCE: Charles E. Biggio is a partner in the firm's New York office, where his practice focuses on antitrust and trade regulation law. For 20 years, he has advised clients on all aspects of antitrust law, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and intellectual property agreements. In particular, he has extensive experience representing clients in merger and acquisition matters before the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. Before joining the firm, Charles was the acting deputy assistant attorney general for merger enforcement at the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he was responsible for formulating and implementing merger enforcement policy. He also had been a partner in Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld's antitrust practice in New York. Charles is regularly quoted on antitrust matters in national business periodicals, and is a frequent writer and speaker on antitrust issues. He also has served on various panels and committees dealing with the field of antitrust law sponsored by the American Bar Association, the U.S. government, and other organizations.
EDUCATION: - J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 1985
With Honors - A.B., History and Economics, Brown University, 1980
HONORS: - Named a 2007 and 2008 New York "Super Lawyer" by Law & Politics magazine
- Selected for inclusion in The International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers & Economists 2008
SELECT PUBLICATIONS: - "Whole Foods' Impact on Unilateral Effects," Global Competition Policy, September 2008
- Co-author with F. Rubinstein and S. Sher, "Brocade/McDATA: Structural Presumptions Didn't Tell the Whole Story," The Threshold, Spring 2007, Vol. 7, No. 2
- "Applying Antitrust Law to B2B Marketplaces," Start-Up & Emerging Companies Strategist, April 2001
- "Supreme Court Gives Sherman Act a Thorough 'Quick Look' Analysis," New York Law Review, June 23, 1999
 Charles E. Biggio
continued | - "International Cooperation and U.S. Antitrust Enforcement," Government Antitrust Litigation Advisory, July 1996
- Co-author, "Antitrust Investigations Can Delay and Kill Deals," The National Law Journal, April 15, 1996
SELECT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS: - "The United States: An Ideal Merger Review Process?" presented at the 2007 Annual Fall Conference on Competition Law, Canadian Bar Association, National Competition Law Section (co-authored with Paul Jin), Gatineau (Quebec), Canada, October 2007
- "Competition and the Future of Digital Music," testimony before the Antitrust Task Force of the U.S. House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee regarding the proposed merger between XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio, Washington, D.C., February 28, 2007
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