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 | 07.31.26
On July 23, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division announced that it will again use targeted Second Request investigations and released a revised Model Timing Agreement, another signal that this Antitrust Division continues to take a more business friendly approach toward merger review. The model introduces an optional “Expedited Consideration” process that gives merging parties the option to address discrete competitive concerns identified by the DOJ before undertaking full Second Request compliance.
Client Alert | 3 min read | 02.24.26
State-Level Merger Control Grows: California Joins “Mini-HSR” Trend with Senate Bill 25
Publication | 02.19.25
Firm News | 4 min read | 08.15.24
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 | 07.31.26
On July 23, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division announced that it will again use targeted Second Request investigations and released a revised Model Timing Agreement, another signal that this Antitrust Division continues to take a more business friendly approach toward merger review. The model introduces an optional “Expedited Consideration” process that gives merging parties the option to address discrete competitive concerns identified by the DOJ before undertaking full Second Request compliance.
Client Alert | 3 min read | 02.24.26
State-Level Merger Control Grows: California Joins “Mini-HSR” Trend with Senate Bill 25
Publication | 02.19.25
Firm News | 4 min read | 08.15.24




