Jan is a partner in our antitrust group based in Washington, DC. He advises clients on a variety of antitrust issues, including high-stakes merger and conduct investigations before the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and high-profile civil antitrust litigation in federal court. Jan represents companies in a wide range of industries, including life sciences, technology, financial services, higher ed, and industrials.
Jan is highly regarded by clients for providing practical legal and commercial advice on complex transactions and litigation matters. Clients value Jan’s ability to translate his deep understanding of antitrust economics into clear, commonsense legal strategy aimed at effectively achieving their commercial goals.
Jan draws on his nearly 20 years of experience, including in government, to advise clients on difficult antitrust issues. Jan previously served as the principal attorney advisor to an FTC Commissioner, providing enforcement recommendations, reviewing settlement proposals, working with Congress on antitrust legislation, and drafting policy initiatives and speeches.
Following law school, Jan clerked for the Honorable Mark S. Davis in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Jan has also served as an editor of the Antitrust Law Journal, the premier antitrust publication, and as an adjunct professor at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University.
Jan’s experience includes advising:
- Novartis AG on its $2.89 billion takeover of MorphoSys AG.
- Allwyn International on its acquisition of a majority stake in PrizePicks, valued at approximately $2.5 billion.
- Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on the creation of a 50/50 joint venture entity, Borouge Group International, with OMV Aktiengesellschaft (OMV) to combine Borouge plc and Borealis AG and acquire Nova Chemicals for $13.4 billion.
- Salesforce on its acquisition of Convergence.ai, an AI agent company recognized for developing advanced systems that perform complex, human-like tasks in digital environments.
- Zuora on its sale to Silver Lake and GIC in a transaction valued at $1.7 billion.
- Novartis AG on its $1.5 billion acquisition of Mariana Oncology.
- Cencora on its $4.6 billion acquisition of RCA, a management services organization that operates a network of retina specialists.
- Solvay on the creation of a $850 million joint venture with Orbia to build the largest capacity in North America to produce PVDF.
- Cencora on its $1.5 billion acquisition of PharmaLex, a leading provider of specialized services for biopharmaceutical manufacturers.
- Messer Group & CVC Capital Partners on the $3.3 billion acquisition of Linde’s North America industrial gases business.
- EQT Partners and Sivantos with respect to their successful $8.3bn merger with Widex A/S to create a new global leader in hearing aids.
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise in its litigation against the Department of Justice's attempt to block HPE’s $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks.
- Evonik Industries AG in its acquisition of PeroxyChem, a competing US-based hydrogen peroxide producer, including its successful litigation defense against the Federal Trade Commission's attempt to block the transaction.
- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology in a class action antitrust litigation alleging that 17 universities conspired to set a common financial aid formula that had the effect of reducing the amount of financial aid awarded over a 20-year period.
- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology in a class action antitrust litigation alleging the College Board and 40 universities conspired to all require that non-custodial parent information be included in financial aid applications, thereby reducing competition and the amount of financial aid provided to students.
- Google in its litigations against the DOJ, Texas, and several other States, and several Private Plaintiffs alleging that Google monopolized the digital advertising technology sector.
- A group of 10 universities, including, Notre Dame, Boston College, Boston University, the University of Denver, in a class action antitrust litigation against the NCAA and the defendant schools alleging they reduced competition for elite young hockey players by setting eligibility rules that prevented athletes from playing Division I hockey after they had played in the Canadian Hockey League.
- Haverford College, Middlebury College, Mt. Holyoke College, and Smith College in a class action antitrust litigation alleging that 32 colleges and universities conspired to implement the Early Decision admissions process.



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