backKing & Spalding’s aviation-related antitrust work includes representing clients in government investigations, counseling with respect to strategic transactions and other competition questions, and litigation.
We have represented:
- An international airline regarding the antitrust analysis of, and HSR filings with respect to, multiple transactions (sales, acquisitions, JVs, and equity investments)
- An airline in private litigation challenging an acquisition of a competitor
- The manufacturer of jet engines and maintenance of engines in strategic transactions and antitrust counseling
- An industry manufacturer on antitrust counseling issues
- An international airline association on antitrust counseling issues
- International carriers in the Air Cargo cartel investigation
- A major petroleum company in an FTC investigation into jet fuel pricing