Angel Prado
Overview
Angel Prado is a counsel in Crowell & Moring’s Los Angeles office, where he practices in the Antitrust & Competition Group. He has extensive experience involving competition investigations by the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and is well versed with the merger review process.
Career & Education
- Federal Trade Commission
Attorney, Bureau of Competition, 2012–2016
- Federal Trade Commission
- Reed College, B.A., economics, 2007
- Cornell Law School, J.D., 2012
- California
- New Jersey
Angel's Insights
Client Alert | 4 min read | 02.24.26
State-Level Merger Control Grows: California Joins “Mini-HSR” Trend with Senate Bill 25
On February 10, 2026, California enacted Senate Bill 25 (“SB 25”), known as the California Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act. The new law takes effect on January 1, 2027, making California the third state—following Washington (effective July 27, 2025) and Colorado (effective August 6, 2025)—to implement a “mini-HSR” regime modeled after the Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act (“UAPNA”). The legislation reflects the growing state-level focus on merger oversight, and it signals California’s continuing intent to increase early pre-merger scrutiny and concurrent review of transactions with federal authorities.
Publication | 02.19.25
Firm News | 8 min read | 08.15.24
Firm News | 8 min read | 08.17.23
Insights
Antitrust Enforcement in the Biden Administration: Five Things to Watch
|06.30.21
Gaming & Leisure (Summer 2021).
Healthcare Providers and Insurers: FTC Approach to Provider Mergers and Acquisitions
|04.19.19
Lexis Practice
Healthcare Providers and Insurers: FTC Approach to Provider Mergers and Acquisitions
|10.01.18
Lexis Practice Advisor
Angel's Insights
Client Alert | 4 min read | 02.24.26
State-Level Merger Control Grows: California Joins “Mini-HSR” Trend with Senate Bill 25
On February 10, 2026, California enacted Senate Bill 25 (“SB 25”), known as the California Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act. The new law takes effect on January 1, 2027, making California the third state—following Washington (effective July 27, 2025) and Colorado (effective August 6, 2025)—to implement a “mini-HSR” regime modeled after the Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act (“UAPNA”). The legislation reflects the growing state-level focus on merger oversight, and it signals California’s continuing intent to increase early pre-merger scrutiny and concurrent review of transactions with federal authorities.
Publication | 02.19.25
Firm News | 8 min read | 08.15.24
Firm News | 8 min read | 08.17.23



