Education

  • Yale University, B.A. ethics, politics, and economics (1998)
  • University of Chicago Law School, J.D. (2001) with honors

Admissions

  • District of Columbia

Ryan C. Tisch

Partner
rtisch@crowell.com
+1.202.624.2674

“Only by listening – really listening to our clients – and understanding their broader objectives, can we develop an effective business solution.”

Strategic transactions and business practice choices need strategic antitrust counsel — and Ryan Tisch delivers. Boards of directors, CEOs and key business stakeholders depend on Ryan's help to navigate government regulation of competition issues around the world.

He is known for securing approvals for large mergers facing review in multiple jurisdictions, and for advising clients on critical operating decisions. Ryan has helped clients gain approvals for some of the largest mergers in the communications, manufacturing, technology, and food and beverage industries.

Ryan practices extensively before the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission and has managed substantive merger review matters before international authorities, including the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, the South African Competition Tribunal, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, and the Chinese State Administration for Market Regulation. Ryan has overseen numerous merger matters from auction process to final, successful resolution, including by way of a trial.

In addition to his deal work, Ryan helps clients mitigate risk on a day-to-day basis. He advises on complex operational issues, including joint venture agreements, trade association activities, standard setting, and data exchange.  Ryan has particular experience navigating clients’ vertical relationships and distribution systems, managing antitrust issues associated with resale price maintenance, price discrimination, and loyalty incentives.

As digital transformation exposes traditional economy businesses to new economy competition issues, clients seek Ryan's counsel on exposure based on their evolving business platforms and go-to-market strategies.


Affiliations

Admitted to practice: District of Columbia


Representative Matters

  • Representing AT&T in the regulatory review of its $67 billion acquisition of DirecTV.
  • Representing AT&T in connection with the company’s $108.7 billion acquisition of Time Warner, the largest telecommunications transaction in history.
  • Representing Amazon with respect in securing dismissal of monopolization claims in the e-reader and e-books industry.
  • Representing du Pont de Nemours, Inc. in more than 20 transactions involving international merger control notification obligations.
  • Representing E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. in securing antitrust approval of its divestiture of its Neoprene polychloroprene business.
  • Representing E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. and its subsidiary Pioneer Hi-Bred in their acquisition of Pannar Seed, which was ultimately approved by the South African Competition Appeal Court and the Supreme Court of South Africa.
  • Advising an international technology-based materials company with an antitrust investigation involving the United States and Asia.
  • Representing an international consumer packaging provider on its acquisition of a can packaging company in front of U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
  • Representing numerous clients on sensitive complex antitrust matters related to lawful collaborations with competitors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Representing Flowers Foods in its acquisition of Wonder Bread and other Hostess bread brands.
  • Representing the Grocery Manufacturers Association and several of its constituent companies with respect to antitrust and association issues.
  • Representing Airlines For America with respect to antitrust and association issues.
  • Counseling a number of major food and CPG manufacturers on issues related to regulatory M&A review, grocery sales, distribution, pricing, and antitrust issues.
  • Counseling a major Asian manufacturer of display panels with respect to pricing, distribution, and antitrust risk management.
  • Representing clients in the manufacturing and transportation sectors during multi-year price-fixing investigations by US and European officials.
  • Representing numerous clients in relation to investigations by state antitrust authorities for both horizontal and vertical conduct issues.
  • Conducting antitrust compliance auditing and training for clients in the US and Europe, including extensive advice on risk mitigation with respect to trade association activities, standard setting, data exchanges, and vertical issues, including resale price maintenance, price discrimination, and distribution issues.
  • Representing a global airline in connection with joint venture agreements requiring antitrust and other regulatory approvals in the United States, as well as various jurisdictions in Central and South America.
  • Counseling a variety of clients on antitrust compliance related to the structuring of complex distribution systems.


Insights

Speeches & Presentations

  • "Supply Chain Webinar Series: Antitrust Risk Areas," Crowell & Moring Webinar (February 10, 2022). Speakers: Ryan C. Tisch, Megan L. Wolf, and Alexis Victoria DeBernardis.
  • “What Food Lawyers Need to Know About Growing Antitrust Action Against the Food Industry,” ACI’s 5th Advanced Summit on Food Law—Regulation, Compliance, and Litigation (May 12, 2021). Panelist: Ryan C. Tisch.
  • "Strategic Considerations and Small Business Requirements Driving Unique Business Combinations," Crowell & Moring's Ounce of Prevention Seminar (OOPS) 2019, Washington, DC (May 7, 2019). Moderator: Amy Laderberg O'Sullivan; Speakers: Judy Choi and Ryan C. Tisch.
  • "Product Market Definition in Retail Merger Cases: Lessons from JM Smucker/Conagra and Energizer/Spectrum," ABA Teleconference (August 21, 2018). Moderator: Ryan C Tisch.
  • "Antitrust Issues for Food and Supplement Managing Antitrust Risk in the Manufacturer/Retailer Relationship," ABA - Eighth Annual Food & Supplements Workshop, Rosslyn, VA (June 25, 2018). Moderator: Ryan C. Tisch; Panelist: Alexis J. Gilman.
  • "Recovering from Your Competitors' or Suppliers' Merger: Achieving Your Goals in Antitrust Agency Merger Reviews," Crowell & Moring Fourth Annual In-House Recovery Conference, Dana Point, CA (March 8, 2018). Speakers: Juan A. Arteaga, Olivier N. Antoine, Alexis J. Gilman, and Ryan C. Tisch.
  • "The Private Label Revolution," 2017 ANA/BAA Marketing Law Conference, Chicago, IL (November 13, 2017). Panelists: Christopher A. Cole and Ryan C. Tisch.
  • "A Hands-On Review of a Telecommunications Merger Challenge," Los Angeles, CA (October 21, 2016). Panelist: Ryan C. Tisch.
  • "Antitrust 'Hot Topics' in the Food, Beverage, and Consumer Products Industry," GMA Legal Conference, Rancho Mirage, CA (February 24, 2016). Presenter: Ryan C. Tisch.
  • "Counseling Trade Associations: Beyond the Antitrust Compliance Statement," ABA Antitrust Section Spring Meeting (Spring 2013). Moderator: Ryan Tisch; Panelists: Diane Bieri (Arnold & Porter), Karin Moore (Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America), Kristina Nordlander (Sidley Austin), and James Wilson (Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease).
  • "Antitrust Distribution: Up All Night: Distribution Risk as a Leading Cause of Insomnia," Crowell & Moring Product Risk Management Seminar (October 19, 2011). Moderator: Ryan Tisch. Panelists: Melanie Sabo (Federal Trade Commission); Laura Jones (Avaya); Sean-Paul Brankin; Robert Lipstein.

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Firm News & Announcements

December 21, 2020 DEAL NOTE: Crowell & Moring Advises Olam Food Ingredients in its Acquisition of Leading US Chile Pepper Business
September 10, 2019 The National Law Journal Honors Ryan Tisch as an Equality Trailblazer
February 22, 2019 Crowell & Moring's Antitrust Group Listed as "Highly Recommended" in Global Competition Review's 19th Annual "GCR 100"
February 12, 2019 Crowell & Moring Announces 2019 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow and Pathfinders Participants
August 19, 2015 Crowell & Moring's Wm. Randolph Smith Named American Lawyer's 'Dealmaker of the Week'
July 21, 2015 Deal Note: Crowell & Moring's Antitrust Group Advises AT&T on Acquisition of DIRECTV, DOJ Will Not Challenge Acquisition
January 22, 2015 Crowell & Moring's Antitrust Group Featured in Global Competition Review's 15th Edition "GCR 100"
January 13, 2015 Crowell & Moring Releases Third Annual Litigation Forecast Report and Inaugural Regulatory Forecast
January 26, 2012 Crowell & Moring Elects Seven New Partners and Promotes 22 Attorneys to Counsel Positions
October 5, 2011 Crowell & Moring Consumer Product Safety Seminar to Feature Senator Mark Pryor and Other Key Government Officials