Vadim Brusser has a broad antitrust practice advising clients in all aspects of the merger control and regulatory review process. With experience counseling on every component of antitrust law, he advises on hundreds of deals per year helping clients navigate regulatory reviews, government investigations, and litigation. Prior to joining Sidley, he was a partner at Weil Gotshal and Manges, and also served as a lawyer at the Federal Trade Commission involved in merger and non-merger investigations and litigations.
Vadim has been recognized for his antitrust work by various publications, including Who’s Who Legal who named him a “Future Leader” in Competition in 2022, describing him as a lawyer who “routinely secures clearance for major, multibillion-dollar transactions” and who “impresses observers with his ‘in-depth knowledge of any given matter and his ability to juggle numerous tasks at once.’”
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HSR Act Filing Thresholds, Civil Penalty Maximum, and Interlocking Directorate Thresholds Revisions* On January 28, 2020, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the annual revisions to the jurisdictional thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR (...)
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Agencies report annual HSR threshold increases* On January 19, 2017, the FTC announced revisions to the jurisdictional thresholds for the Hart-Scott- Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act), which will become effective on February 27, 2017 and apply to transactions consummated on (...)
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Hedge Fund Settles HSR Act Violation, Setting Record $11 Million Fine* On July 12, 2016, two ValueAct funds and their common general partner (collectively, “ValueAct”) agreed to pay an $11 million penalty and adopt extensive compliance procedures to settle alleged violations of the (...)
