Steve Albertson

Office

Washington, DC

Practices

Education & Admissions

J.D., Georgetown University Law Center

B.A., University of Alaska Anchorage

Admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Virginia

Admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Steve advises technology and life sciences companies on a wide variety of antitrust matters, including mergers and acquisitions, antitrust compliance issues, and government investigations. Steve has extensive experience guiding clients through a rapidly evolving antitrust landscape, and in proactively addressing antitrust and compliance risks in support of clients’ strategic objectives.

Steve regularly represents clients in M&A transactions reviewed by the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission, as well as various state attorneys general. Steve’s career has included successfully handling many of the largest and most complex Second Request and Phase II merger investigations in the United States and Europe. His recent experience includes advising clients involved in investigations initiated under Section 7 of the Clayton Act, conduct investigations brought under Section 5 of the FTC Act, and in FTC Part 3 administrative proceedings. His practice also includes counseling clients on litigation of antitrust claims and counterclaims, as well as a variety of cross-border antitrust compliance and merger enforcement issues.

Steve focuses on all aspects of premerger notification practice in the United States (the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act) and around the world, including advising on applicability of competition-related premerger notification and filing requirements, as well as assisting clients in complying with foreign direct investment reporting regimes.

Prior to law school, Steve served in the U.S. Navy in the areas of cryptologic intelligence collection and information warfare.

Advantest Corporation in its acquisition of Essai, Inc.
Alteryx in its acquisition of Trifacta
Anheuser-Busch InBev in its acquisitions of Grupo Modelo, Karbach Brewing, Craft Brew Alliance, and others
Chinook Therapeutics in its acquisition by Novartis
Cisco Systems in its acquisitions of Acano, Accedian, and Isovalent
Corning in its acquisition of 3M’s communication markets division
Databricks in its acquisitions of Mosaic ML and Tabular
DoorDash in its acquisition of Caviar
Entegris in its merger with Versum
Figma in its proposed acquisition by Adobe
Finmeccanica in its acquisition of DRS Technologies
Freescale Semiconductor in its merger with NXP Semiconductor
General Dynamics in its acquisition of Jet Aviation
Marvell in its acquisition of Cavium
Microsemi in its acquisition of PMC Sierra
NXP in its proposed acquisition by Qualcomm
Polly, as a third party involved in the FTC’s suit to block Intercontinental Exchange’s acquisition of Black Knight
PayPal in its acquisition of Hyperwallet
Sema4 in its acquisition of GeneDx
United Silicon Carbide in its acquisition by Qorvo

* Includes work completed prior to joining Fenwick

Advantest Corporation in its acquisition of Essai, Inc.
Alteryx in its acquisition of Trifacta
Anheuser-Busch InBev in its acquisitions of Grupo Modelo, Karbach Brewing, Craft Brew Alliance, and others
Chinook Therapeutics in its acquisition by Novartis
Cisco Systems in its acquisitions of Acano, Accedian, and Isovalent
Corning in its acquisition of 3M’s communication markets division
Databricks in its acquisitions of Mosaic ML and Tabular
DoorDash in its acquisition of Caviar
Entegris in its merger with Versum
Figma in its proposed acquisition by Adobe
Finmeccanica in its acquisition of DRS Technologies
Freescale Semiconductor in its merger with NXP Semiconductor
General Dynamics in its acquisition of Jet Aviation
Marvell in its acquisition of Cavium
Microsemi in its acquisition of PMC Sierra
NXP in its proposed acquisition by Qualcomm
Polly, as a third party involved in the FTC’s suit to block Intercontinental Exchange’s acquisition of Black Knight
PayPal in its acquisition of Hyperwallet
Sema4 in its acquisition of GeneDx
United Silicon Carbide in its acquisition by Qorvo