Paul Cuomo is Co-Chair of the firm's Global Antitrust and Competition Practice. He also serves on the firm's Executive Committee and is the former Partner in Charge of the firm's Washington office.
Paul advises clients on all aspects of antitrust and foreign direct investment law, with an emphasis on U.S. and multi-jurisdictional merger reviews and antitrust litigation matters. According to Chambers USA (2023) "Paul gives excellent advice and he is always looking for innovative solutions."
In addition to appearing before the U.S. antitrust authorities, Paul regularly represents clients in international investigations and has appeared in person before numerous international authorities including the European Commission, the China State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the German Bundeskartellamt, the Canadian Competition Bureau and others. According to The Legal 500 U.S. (2023), "Paul Cuomo is extremely savvy and commercially minded. He has a sharp mind and is a creative thinker."
Paul has received U.S. and foreign antitrust clearances across a wide variety of industries, including sports and media, e-commerce, oilfield products and services, metals, electric and natural gas transmission and distribution, mining and forestry equipment and services, software, pulp and paper, general industrial manufacturing and various chemical products.
In addition to working with clients to help secure antitrust clearances for transactions, Paul has represented third parties in international merger investigations, and he provides risk arbitrage advice. Outside of the merger area, Mr. Cuomo regularly advises Fortune 500 and smaller companies on the antitrust issues associated with their day-to-day business practices and represents companies in civil non-merger and criminal grand jury investigations and antitrust litigation.
In addition, he serves as Antitrust Compliance Officer for the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), a 9,000+ member association of manufacturers, retailers and distributors of musical instruments and products, under the terms of a settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission.
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Listed in Who's Who Legal: Competition, 2016-2017, and as a Thought Leader: Competition, 2020
Ranked in Chambers USA, District of Columbia Antitrust, 2014-2024
Recommended in The Legal 500 U.S., 2013-2024
Recognized as a Washington D.C. Super Lawyer, 2012-2020, 2024
Recognized in Guide to World's Leading Competition and Antitrust Lawyers, 2012
Named One of the Top "40 Under Forty" in Washington D.C. area by Legal Times/National Law Journal, 2009