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 and other regulatory issues in connection with mergers and acquisitions. Steve has extensive experience representing clients in M&A transactions reviewed by the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission. His recent experience includes defending clients involved in proceedings initiated under Section 7 of the Clayton Act, and in conduct investigations brought under Section 5 of the FTC Act. His practice also includes counseling clients on a variety of antitrust compliance and merger enforcement issues.

Steve focuses on all aspects of Hart-Scott-Rodino Act issues, including advising on applicability of the act and assisting clients in complying with its reporting and notification requirements. Steve also represents clients involved in large M&A transactions that undergo merger review.

Additionally, Steve manages all aspects of government investigation advocacy and response processes for his clients.

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.
Anheuser-Busch InBev in its acquisitions of Grupo Modelo, Karbach Brewing, Craft Brew Alliance, and others
Arch Chemicals in its acquisition of Advantis
Cisco Systems in its acquisition of Acano
Corning in its acquisition of all of 3M’s communication markets division
Corning in its acquisition of Becton Dickinson’s discovery labware unit
Coty in its sale of OPI
DoorDash in its acquisition of Caviar
Entegris in its merger with Versum
Exelon in its merger with Constellation Energy as well as in its acquisition of Pepco
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
PayPal in its acquisition of Hyperwallet
San Jose Water in its acquisition of Connecticut Water Service

* Includes work completed prior to joining Fenwick

Advantest Corporation in its acquisition of Essai, Inc.
Anheuser-Busch InBev in its acquisitions of Grupo Modelo, Karbach Brewing, Craft Brew Alliance, and others
Arch Chemicals in its acquisition of Advantis
Cisco Systems in its acquisition of Acano
Corning in its acquisition of all of 3M’s communication markets division
Corning in its acquisition of Becton Dickinson’s discovery labware unit
Coty in its sale of OPI
DoorDash in its acquisition of Caviar
Entegris in its merger with Versum
Exelon in its merger with Constellation Energy as well as in its acquisition of Pepco
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
PayPal in its acquisition of Hyperwallet
San Jose Water in its acquisition of Connecticut Water Service