Christopher Wilson is a partner in Baker Botts' Antitrust and Competition Practice group. His practice focuses on civil antitrust and other complex commercial litigation. Mr. Wilson has extensive experience representing both defendants and plaintiffs in federal and state courts from complaint filing through trial, and regularly advises corporate clients on a variety of antitrust and compliance matters. He has represented and advised clients across a range of industries, including but not limited to industrial manufacturing, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, retail, and healthcare manufacturing.
Chris leads legal teams for a number of Fortune 500 clients either asserting or defending against antitrust claims in some of the largest antitrust cases in the country. He also has extensive experience defending pharmaceutical companies in patent infringement and antitrust actions, as well as representing generic pharmaceutical manufacturers in Hatch-Waxman Act litigation.
Chris has served as co-chair of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation's Antitrust Litigation and Consumer Litigation Committees, and is a member of the ABA’s Antitrust Section as well as the Commercial Litigation Section of the National Bar Association. He currently serves as a member of the External Advisory Board for the Schreyer Honors College at Penn State University. He is also actively involved in community and charitable organizations; he is currently the legal advisor for a polo-centric nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., and previously served as the President of the "Make A Wish" Illinois Associate Board.
Chris graduated from Stanford Law School, where he served as President of the Stanford Black Law Students Association and as Treasurer for the Black Graduate Students Association; he also participated in legal clinics directed to criminal defense and public education law. He received his undergraduate degree from Penn State, where he was a Schreyer Honors Scholar and played running back and fullback for the university's football team.
Recognized as one of Lawdragon's "500 Leading Litigators in America," 2024, 2025 & 2026
Recognized as a "Rising Star" by The Legal 500 U.S., 2022 & 2023
Recognized as a Washington D.C. Super Lawyer-Rising Star (Thomson Reuters), 2022