Stuart R. Lombardi

Stuart Lombardi is an associate in the Litigation Department and a member of the Antitrust & Competition Practice Group of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in New York. His focus includes antitrust and competition, bankruptcy, and complex commercial litigation and counseling. Stuart has represented companies and executives in a wide range of disputes in state and federal courts, in internal investigations, and before enforcement agencies.

Selected Significant Matters

Honeywell International Inc. v. North American Refractories Asbestos Personal Injury Settlement Trust (Bankr. W.D. Pa.): Represented the NARCO Trust, an asbestos personal injury settlement trust formed pursuant to the North American Refractories Company’s bankruptcy plan, in litigation concerning the interpretation of the Trust’s governing documents.
MedAssets, Inc.: Represented MedAssets in its acquisition by Pamplona Capital Management and Vizient, Inc. for $2.7 billion.
Montgomery v. Louisiana, 136 S. Ct. 718 (2016): Contributed to brief submitted by amicus curiae appointed by the Supreme Court to argue against the Court’s jurisdiction.
In re WP Steel Venture, LLC, et al. (Bankr. Del.): Litigation counsel to the RG Steel debtors, formerly comprising the fourth-largest flat-rolled steel producer in the U.S., in connection with their chapter 11 cases.
Represented prominent investment advisers in insider trading investigations conducted by the DOJ and SEC.
Represented companies in confidential antitrust agency investigations in the United States and Europe.
Represented the acquiror in a dispute with the seller concerning a multi-hundred-million-dollar corporate acquisition.

Selected Publications and Lectures

Second Circuit Eliminates “Meaningfully Close Personal Relationship” Test (August 24, 2017)
Panelist, “Hot Topics in Antitrust 2016” (Lawline.com, February 17, 2016)
Antitrust & Competition Law Digest (December 2015)
Panelist, “Antitrust Section Panel and Networking Event for Law Students and Junior Attorneys (Why Antitrust?)” (NYSBA, Antitrust Section, June 17, 2015)
“‘RAND’ or ‘FRAND’ Royalties: Considerations After Microsoft v. Motorola,” The Antitrust Counselor, ABA Section of Antitrust Law, Volume 7.3 (June 2013, co-author)

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