Olivier N. Antoine is a counsel with Crowell & Moring's Antitrust Group in our New York office where he represents and advises clients on a broad range of competition and antitrust law matters in the United States and abroad. Olivier has extensive experience representing corporate clients in difficult merger investigations before the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice, the European Commission and other foreign antitrust agencies. In addition, his practice includes civil and criminal antitrust enforcement matters, private antitrust litigation, and compliance and distribution counseling.

Olivier has significant experience handling matters before antitrust enforcement regimes overseas and representing foreign companies in DOJ investigations. He has defended companies in investigations and merger matters in more than thirty jurisdictions outside of the United States, including the European Union, Canada, Germany, France, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, South Africa, Korea, Taiwan, and the People's Republic of China. The breadth of his international experience includes several protracted Phase II investigations before the European Commission, and the negotiations of merger remedies before the South African Competition Commission and the Brazilian Competition Authorities.

Olivier's work has covered a broad range of industries, including satellite radio, recorded music and music publishing, telecommunications, fixed satellites, television broadcasting, oil and gas, paper and forestry products, pharmaceuticals, food products, spirits, beer, vitamins, textiles, chemicals, fertilizers, sports goods, airlines, automotive and automotive parts, semiconductors, media buying, banking, and private equity.

Olivier received a Maitrise en droit, (J.D.), cum laude, valedictorian, from the University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne in 1997, a Diplome D'Etudes Approfondies, (LL.M) cum laude, from the University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne in 1998, and an LL.M, cum laude, from Fordham University School of Law in 1999. Before joining Crowell & Moring, Olivier worked at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York, where he was a litigation and antitrust attorney for 8 years.

A member of the New York Bar, Olivier is the chair of the International Antitrust and Competition Law Committee of the International Law and Practice (ILP) Section of the New York State Bar Association. Olivier also serves as a member of the legal committee of the Board of the Lycée Français de New York. Olivier has been recognized by Global Competition Review's Who's Who Legal of Competition Lawyers in New York for 2010, and 2011.

Representative matters:

• Represented AT&T Inc. in its proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc.
• Represents E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company in trade secret infringement litigation against Kolon Industries Inc. (ED Va).
• Represented AT&T Inc. in its acquisition of Centennial Communications.
• Represented Reed Elsevier PLC in its acquisition of ChoicePoint.
• Represented Altivity Packaging LLC before the DOJ and the German Federal Cartel Office in its $1.75 billion merger with Graphic Packaging.
• Represented Sirius Satellite Radio in its $13 billion merger with XM Satellite Radio.
• Represented Warner Music Group in connection with DOJ and NYAG investigations regarding the pricing of digital music and in putative class action claims filed against music companies alleging collusion in digital music (In re Digital Music Antitrust Litigation).
• Represented The Blackstone Group before the DOJ and the European Commission in connection with Travelport's $1.4 billion acquisition of Worldspan.
• Defended Lucite Inc. in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in putative price fixing class actions claims against acrylic based products manufacturers (In re Methyl Methacrylate Antitrust Litigation).
• Represented Smithfield Foods before the DOJ, State Attorney Generals, and the German Federal Cartel Office, in connection with the $810 million acquisition of Premium Standard Foods.
• Represented PanAmSat before the DOJ, the South African Competition Commission, and the German Federal Cartel Office in connection with its $3.2 billion sale to Intelsat.
• Represented Adidas AG before the DOJ, the European Commission, and several other foreign antitrust authorities in its $3.8 billion acquisition of Reebok.
• Defended an international air cargo and passenger carrier in relation to international investigations into the alleged worldwide collusion in the industry. (In re Air Cargo Shipping Services - Antitrust Litigation)
• Represented Silver Lake Partners before the European Commission in its €8.3 billion acquisition of Philips' semiconductor business.
• Represented VNU before the FTC and the European Commission in the attempted $7 billion acquisition of IMS Health.
• Represented The Blackstone Group before the European Commission in its $492 million acquisition of Acetex. (Phase II investigation)
• Defended M-real Corporation in relation with putative price fixing claims against magazine and publication paper companies. (In re Publication Paper Antitrust Litigation).
• Represented Grey Global before the FTC, the European Commission, and several foreign antitrust authorities in its $1.7 billion sale to WPP.
• Represented Veritas before the European Commission in its $13.5 billion merger with Symantec.
• Represented CSL before the FTC, the European Commission, and foreign antitrust authorities in its $925 million acquisition of the Aventis Behring plasma business.
• Represented Vivendi Universal before the Federal Trade Commission, the European Commission and other foreign antitrust authorities in connection with its $8.1 billion sale of the Seagram Spirits and Wine business to Diageo and Pernod Ricard.
• Represented TotalFina before the European Commission in its €50 billion acquisition of Elf. (Phase II investigation)

Recognition and Awards:

• Named in Global Competition Review's Who's Who Legal of Competition Lawyers in New York for 2010, and 2011.
• Chair of the International Antitrust and Competition Law Committee of the International Law and Practice Section of the New York State Bar Association.
• Member of the legal committee of the board of the Lycée Francais de New York.