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Charlene Sun

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Associate | She/Her/Hers
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Overview

Charlene Sun is an associate in Crowell & Moring’s Orange County office and is a member of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Group. Charlene's practice involves counseling clients across a number of industries on a wide range of antitrust transactional and litigation matters. Charlene has provided strategic counsel with identifying and coordinating foreign merger control filings, compliance with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, and evaluating and advising on competitive issues associated with mergers, acquisitions, and competitor collaborations. She has also represented Fortune 500 companies as plaintiffs in antitrust recovery actions.

While Charlene was in law school, she served as an editor of the UC Irvine Law Review. She participated in various pro bono projects, which included work on cases concerning asylum, bankruptcy, and domestic violence.

Charlene serves as co-chair of the LGBTQ+ Affinity group, where she focuses on promoting equity, inclusion, and opportunity within the firm.

Career & Education

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    • Chapman University, B.S., business administration, 2015
    • University of California, Irvine School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2019
    • Chapman University, B.S., business administration, 2015
    • University of California, Irvine School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2019

    • California
    • California

Charlene's Insights

Client Alert | 5 min read | 12.19.23

DOJ and FTC Issue Final 2023 Merger Guidelines With Significant Changes and Updates

After more than two years of preview and consultation, including thousands of public comments, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission issued the final version of their 2023 Merger Guidelines (“Guidelines”) yesterday, December 18, 2023. As we noted when the draft guidelines were released in July, the final Guidelines both harken back to older, long-standing precedent and provide a framework for how the Agencies apply merger enforcement policy in modern economic markets. The Guidelines hold fast to the Biden administration’s enforcement policy to address harms from what they perceive to be “excessive” corporate consolidation by reinvigorating and enhancing merger enforcement. Yet, the final Guidelines show that the Agencies have responded to at least some of the criticism of the draft version, and may be more likely to align with how courts currently analyze merger challenges....

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Practices

Charlene's Insights

Client Alert | 5 min read | 12.19.23

DOJ and FTC Issue Final 2023 Merger Guidelines With Significant Changes and Updates

After more than two years of preview and consultation, including thousands of public comments, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission issued the final version of their 2023 Merger Guidelines (“Guidelines”) yesterday, December 18, 2023. As we noted when the draft guidelines were released in July, the final Guidelines both harken back to older, long-standing precedent and provide a framework for how the Agencies apply merger enforcement policy in modern economic markets. The Guidelines hold fast to the Biden administration’s enforcement policy to address harms from what they perceive to be “excessive” corporate consolidation by reinvigorating and enhancing merger enforcement. Yet, the final Guidelines show that the Agencies have responded to at least some of the criticism of the draft version, and may be more likely to align with how courts currently analyze merger challenges....

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