Richard Snyder | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

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Richard Snyder, Counsel
Antitrust, competition and trade

Washington, DC

700 13th Street, NW, 10th floor
Washington, DC 20005-3960
T +1 202 777 4565
F +1 202 507 5965

richard.snyder@freshfields.com

Rich represents clients in civil antitrust litigation in both federal and state court and appears regularly before the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in merger reviews, criminal antitrust investigations and other conduct matters.

Rich has represented clients in commercial and class action antitrust litigation in a variety of industries including publishing, airlines, auto parts, electronics components, pharmaceuticals and supermarket products. Rich successfully represents companies in merger clearance with a particular focus on the Latin American merger clearance process.

Advising Universal Music Group on the antitrust considerations of its €6bn sale of a 20% stake to Tencent-controlled entities and $4bn sale of a 10% stake to the Pershing Square Tontine Holdings Ltd. SPAC.
Advising Hachette Book Group in the eBooks investigation and litigation (US v. Apple) as well as follow-on class action litigation, In re Electric books Antitrust Litigation, and related proceedings brought by the DOJ and state attorneys general; in related eBooks litigation brought by eBook retailers claiming antitrust injury from publishers’ adoption of the agency sales model (summary judgment for defendants granted); and in The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza, Inc., et al. v. Amazon.com, Inc., antitrust litigation alleging agreement to implement exclusionary Digital Rights Management (DRM) provisions (dismissed).
Advising Anheuser-Busch InBev in western hemisphere merger clearance processes in its acquisition of SABMiller PLC; coordinated and directed strategy to obtain necessary authorizations, including overall strategy, meetings with regulators and negotiation of merger remedies.
Advising Matsushita Beijing Color CRT Company, Ltd. in In re Cathode Ray Tube Antitrust Litigation, a number of class actions consolidated in the Northern District of California targeting all major producers of cathode ray tubes. BMCC was successfully dismissed from proceedings in January 2015 after all remaining claimants dismissed their claims against the company.
Advising Continental Airlines in In re Transpacific Passenger Air Transportation Antitrust Litigation, a class action seeking damages related to an alleged price-fixing cartel in passenger service to Asia and Oceania (dismissed without remedy in 2013); and Malaney et al. v. UAL Corporation et al., the private consumer antitrust action challenging Continental’s merger with United Airlines (dismissed after hearing).
Advising EMI Music in connection with the FTC investigations of Sony’s $2.2bn acquisition of EMI’s music publishing business and Universal’s $3bn acquisition of EMI’s recorded music business.

Education

JD, University of Chicago Law School 2003.
BA, political science, Stanford University 1995.

Professional

Admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, and before the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Member, American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law.

Washington, DC

700 13th Street, NW, 10th floor
Washington, DC 20005-3960
T +1 202 777 4565
F +1 202 507 5965

richard.snyder@freshfields.com

He is “very well-liked by clients.” He particularly stands out for his excellent work handling complex merger defense matters.

Who’s Who Legal Competition: Future Leaders 2018

Ranked #2 Most Highly Regarded Future Leader in North America

Who’s Who Legal Competition: Future Leaders 2018

He receives praise from one respondent as ‘one of the best antitrust lawyers I have met, providing sound and solid advice not only on US antitrust laws, but on other jurisdiction’s laws too.’

Who’s Who Legal Competition: Future Leaders 2017

Publications

Global Competition Review - Settlement Guide 2021 US: Settling Antitrust Non-cartel Conduct Matters with the US DOJ and the FTC
Competition Law International, September 2010 Remedies for Addressing Minority Shareholding Issues: Experiences from European and US Merger Control
PLC Cross-border Competition Handbook 2009, Practical Law (contributor) United States

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