Ben is a partner in the Antitrust Department where he advises public and privately owned clients on the antitrust aspects of complex transactions across the full transaction lifecycle, covering a wide range of industries, including energy, agriculture, industrials, pharmaceuticals and consumer products. As part of his M&A advisory practice, he regularly works with clients to develop strategies for obtaining U.S. and global antitrust clearances and represents clients in merger investigations before the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice.
Ben also represents clients in antitrust conduct investigations and civil litigations involving federal and state antitrust regulators as well as private parties. He frequently provides counsel on a variety of general antitrust matters, including pricing and distribution arrangements, joint ventures and industry collaborations, and interlocking directorates.
Ben was named a “Stand-Out Lawyer” by Thomson-Reuters (2025-2026).
A selection of Ben’s prior representations include:
- Summit Materials in its $11.5 billion acquisition by Quikrete Holdings.
- Syngenta on:
- antitrust lawsuits by the FTC and numerous state attorneys general, and multiple civil class actions regarding the crop inputs industry and loyalty rebate programs;
- its $43 billion acquisition by ChemChina; and
- an antitrust litigation victory alleging a group boycott.
- PGT Innovations in connection with its:
- $3.1 billion acquisition by MITER Brands; and
- $3 billion acquisition by Masonite International.
- Williams in its:
- $1.95 billion acquisition of natural gas storage assets from Hartree;
- acquisitions of Cureton and Rocky Mountain Midstream; and
- $1.5 billion acquisition of MountainWest Pipeline Holding Company from Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.
- Clarivate Analytics on its $5.3 billion acquisition of ProQuest.
- The Greenbrier Companies on its $400 million acquisition of American Railcar Industries.
- Cellular Biomedicine Group CAR-T collaboration and license agreement with Janssen.
- A chicken supply executive in the rare dismissal of criminal antitrust charge.
- PepsiCo in its $3.85 billion acquisition of Rockstar Energy.
- Dean Foods in its approximately $433 million acquisition of assets by Dairy Farmers of America following Dean Foods’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- Ingersoll Rand’s industrial segments merger with Gardner Denver.
