McDermott Will & Emery announced today that experienced antitrust and consumer protection lawyer Bilal Sayyed has joined the firm as a partner in its Washington, DC office.Mr. Sayyed joins McDermott from Kirkland & Ellis, where he was a partner, and brings a broad-based practice focused on competition and consumer issues.
Mr. Sayyed represents businesses before the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in mergers and acquisitions, civil, and criminal antitrust investigations, and counsels clients regarding consumer protection laws and federal agency consumer protection inquiries. He regularly represents activist investors on antitrust and Hart-Scott-Rodino Act compliance matters. Mr. Sayyed counsels and represents clients with respect to their compliance with federal and state consumer protection laws, including advertising claims, data security and privacy issues, and multi-level marketing matters.
Mr. Sayyed previously served at the FTC as an attorney advisor to FTC Chairman Timothy J. Muris, counseling the Chairman on a broad range of antitrust and consumer protection matters across a variety of industries, including the pharmaceuticals, hospitals and healthcare, energy and mining, transportation and defense, entertainment and gaming, and retail and consumer products. While at the FTC, he also served in the Office of Policy and Planning, as an advisor to current FTC Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen. Since leaving the government, Bilal has represented clients before the Antitrust Division, the FTC, and competition agencies in Europe and Asia.
He joins a multi-faceted Antitrust & Competition practice group at McDermott, which includes many lawyers with whom he has worked on various matters in the past.
“Bilal is a highly skilled lawyer who balances his strong antitrust credentials with equally substantial consumer protection experience,” said Ray Jacobsen, head of McDermott’s global Antitrust & Competition practice area. “He has the unique experience of having sat at the highest levels of regulatory policy and enforcement from his time serving as an advisor to former FTC Chairman Muris and from working closely with current FTC Commissioner Ohlhausen.”
He continued, “We have worked with Bilal in the past where he has represented Fortune 100 clients in significant transactions and we are very pleased to have him as a key member of our practice. Our clients facing antitrust review or litigation stemming from consumer claims will benefit greatly from his addition to our team.”
“Bilal’s skill set is a perfect complement to ours, and advances one of our strategic goals as we grow the antitrust practice in Washington,” said Carolyn Gleason, partner-in-charge of McDermott’s Washington office and head of the Global Regulatory Practice Group. “His multi-faceted practice adds depth to our antitrust and consumer protection work across a wide variety of industries.”
Mr. Sayyed earned his law degree at George Mason, and a Bachelor’s in Economics at Case Western Reserve. Since 2011, he’s served as an adjunct professor at George Mason University School of Law, teaching antitrust and competition law.
McDermott’s Antitrust & Competition Group is among the leading antitrust/competition practices in the world, with sophisticated capabilities in U.S. and European Community-wide matters as well as notable experience handling issues at the European Union member-state level. The group also advises clients under the jurisdiction of China’s anti-monopoly law, working with MWE China Law Offices. McDermott regularly represents clients in U.S., European, and Chinese courts and before government regulatory authorities. Global Competition Review has named McDermott to its “Global Elite” list of the top competition practices for three consecutive years, while U.S. News–Best Lawyers’ annual survey ranks McDermott’s antitrust and competition practice among the top tier of law firms.
Source: www.mwe.com
