Vishal Mehta is a partner in the firm’s Antitrust, Competition, and Trade Regulation practice group. He advises clients on all aspects of antitrust law, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions.
Vishal has extensive experience representing clients before the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), state attorneys general, and foreign competition authorities in all phases of merger review. He leads high-profile merger investigations, advising clients on all aspects of the deal process, including risk assessment, negotiations, due diligence, information exchanges, gun jumping, Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act issues, global merger control, Second Request compliance, advocacy, enforcer engagement, economic analysis, remedies, litigation, and integration planning.
Vishal's practice encompasses sectors such as artificial intelligence (AI), advertising, agriculture, automotive, banking, consumer products, education, energy, financial services, food, gaming, healthcare, insurance, life sciences, medical devices, music, robotics, semiconductors, software, and video games. He supports a wide range of clients, including public and private firms, private equity sponsors, venture capital firms, emerging companies, and other businesses, and his work spans a broad range of deal types. Vishal is well-versed in the language of both antitrust and transactional law. His knowledge of deal structuring and mechanics uniquely positions him to steer clients through the most challenging HSR and competition issues.
Vishal is also one of the world’s leading professionals handling antitrust issues implicated by AR/VR, video games, app stores, and smart tech, advising on issues such as vertical restraints, restrictive covenants, collaborations, information exchanges, app store policies, dealings with developers, and business strategy. He has a deep understanding of digital ecosystem architecture and the evolving global regulatory landscape as it relates to digital platforms.
Vishal also counsels clients on the spectrum of antitrust issues arising in the ordinary course of business. His prior work as a secondee in-house at a global natural resources company gives him a unique perspective on how to assess risk; provide clear, practical guidance to business; and mitigate risk through effective compliance guardrails. In addition to M&A, counseling, and compliance, he has represented companies in antitrust litigation involving claims of price-fixing, hub-and-spoke conspiracy, and monopolization, and defended clients in civil non-merger government investigations at the state, federal, and international levels.
