Amanda Welch-Alleyne is an associate in the Antitrust Department. She advises leading corporations and private equity sponsors on complex antitrust matters, including merger clearance and investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Amanda counsels clients throughout the transaction lifecycle on antitrust risk, regulatory strategy and compliance, and has substantial experience managing agency reviews and high-stakes investigations.
Amanda is skilled in engaging effectively with enforcement agencies to help clients navigate regulatory scrutiny and achieve business objectives. Amanda has deep understanding of the competitive and regulatory dynamics shaping a broad range of industries, including financial services, energy, healthcare, information technology, telecommunications and consumer products.
Amanda’s notable representations include:
- Mastercard in a variety of matters;
- Chevron in a variety of matters;
- Apollo Global Management and its subsidiaries in connection with multiple transactions;
- Florida Cancer Specialists in its $2.49 billion all-cash sale of a majority stake in its internal business and administrative services, Community Oncology Revitalization Enterprise Ventures, to McKesson Corporation;
- Endeavor Energy Resources in its $26 billion merger with Diamondback Energy, a Texas-based independent oil and natural gas company;
- Roark Capital Group in connection with its successful acquisition of Subway Restaurants, one of the world’s largest quick service restaurant brands;
- Rite Aid, in connection with its chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings and CVS’s acquisition of certain Rite Aid assets. The transaction included CVS’s purchase of the prescription files of 625 Rite Aid pharmacies located in 15 states within CVS’s service areas, as well as CVS’s acquisition and continued operation of 64 Rite Aid stores in Idaho, Oregon and Washington;
- ForgeRock, a global digital identity leader, in its acquisition by Thoma Bravo, a leading technology private equity firm, with portfolio company Ping that competes against ForgeRock, a transaction valued at approximately $2.3 billion;*
- Misfits Market in its acquisition of Imperfect Foods;*
- Mandiant, a cyber security firm, in its $5.4 billion acquisition by Google;*
- Price Chopper Supermarkets in its merger with Tops Friendly Market.*
*Matters worked on prior to joining Paul, Weiss.
