Kaylynn is a Senior Associate in our antitrust, competition, and trade practice based in Washington, D.C. She assists clients with antitrust matters and merger review.
Kaylynn advises clients on a variety of antitrust issues, including in-depth Second Request investigations by the DOJ or FTC, merger control considerations and risk assessments for transactions, and counseling on certain contractual arrangements and partnerships between competitors and other industry participants. Kaylynn specializes in servicing clients in the Life Sciences and Tech sectors.
Prior to joining Freshfields, Kaylynn worked at two other global law firms where she also advised clients on a variety of antitrust issues. During law school, Kaylynn interned at the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Federal Trade Commission.
- Novartis on its $1.4bn acquisition of Tourmaline Bio and $12bn acquisition of Avidity Biosciences
- Sanofi on its acquisition of Vigil Neuroscience
- ServiceNow on its acquisitions of Veza and Armis
- Atlassian on its acquisition of The Browser Company
- Maze Therapeutics on proposed acquisition of an exclusive license by Sanofi, including a second request investigation by the US FTC*
- Figma on various competition matters, including the proposed $20bn acquisition by Adobe resulting in a second request investigation by the US DOJ and parallel investigations by the CMA and EC*
- Life Molecular Imaging on its acquisition by Lantheus*
- Shockwave Medical on its $13bn acquisition by Johnson & Johnson*
- Databricks on competition aspects of its $1bn acquisition of Tabular*
- AstraZeneca on its $39bn acquisition of Alexion including securing unconditional clearance in more than 20 antitrust and foreign direct investment jurisdictions
- Cisco Systems on competition aspects for various transactions, including securing unconditional antitrust approvals in the US, Germany, Austria, and the UK for its acquisition of Isovalent*
- Embracer on the acquisition of Gearbox by Take-Two*
- RHI Magnesita on its acquisition of Resco Products, including a second request investigation by the US DOJ*
- Cargotec Corp. on its proposed merger with Konecranes, including a second request investigation by the US DOJ
*Work from a previous firm
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