Puja Patel
Associate
New York
Puja Patel
Associate
New York
Contact Details
Puja is an associate in the Antitrust practice group, advising clients on a range of antitrust and competition issues. Her practice concentrates on antitrust clearance of mergers and acquisitions, antitrust litigation and non-merger antitrust investigations.
Puja advises clients on all aspects of the merger review process, including Second Request investigations before the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission, antitrust risk assessments, SPA aspects, multi-jurisdictional filing analysis, and Hart-Scott-Rodino Act compliance. She also has significant experience in representing clients in complex antitrust litigation matters, from fact and expert discovery, pleadings and motions, to settlement strategy. Puja also counsels clients on complex, high-stakes antitrust issues including competitor collaborations, vertical arrangements, joint ventures and Section 8 interlocking directorate issues.
Puja currently serves as Vice Chair of the ABA Antitrust Section’s Diversity Advanced Committee and an Executive Member of the NYSBA Antitrust Section. She also maintains an active pro bono practice, with a focus on immigration, reproductive justice and criminal justice matters.
Expertise
Practices
Sectors
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted: Bar of the State of New York, 2015
Admitted: United States District Courts
Eastern District of New York, 2018
Southern District of New York, 2018
Academic
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2014
B.S., New York University, 2011
Related articles
Publications: 25 January 2023
FTC announces increase in HSR filing thresholds and changes to HSR premerger filing fees
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced increases to the notification thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act, which requires premerger notification of certain…
Publications: 05 January 2023
Publications: 25 November 2022
FTC targets unfair methods of competition in policy statement
Expertise
Practices
Sectors
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted: Bar of the State of New York, 2015
Admitted: United States District Courts
Eastern District of New York, 2018
Southern District of New York, 2018
Academic
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2014
B.S., New York University, 2011
Published work
- "When Is the Social Good an Antitrust Bad?" New York Law Journal (March 6, 2020), with John Roberti
- "1-800 Contacts FTC Ruling Offers Warnings for In-House Counsel on Online Advertising," Bloomberg Law Insights (March 6, 2019), with John Roberti
- "Beware Antitrust Risks In Syndicated Lending," Law360 (Mar. 22, 2017), with Joshua Shapiro
- "Big Data, Big Market? Defining the Relevant Product Market in Big Data Mergers," Icarus, American Bar Association, Antitrust Section, Media and Technology Committee (Spring 2016)
- "Striking the Right Balance: Reconciling the Definition of 'Import Commerce' with the Scope of the 'Direct Effect' Exception Under the FTAIA," American Bar Association, Antitrust Section, Fall Forum 2015 (Nov. 2015), with Erik Raven-Hansen
Awards & Accolades
Associate to Watch
Chambers USA Antitrust - New York
Recognized as a “Future Leader” in 2022 Competition rankings
Who’s Who Legal
Shortlisted article for the Antitrust Writing Awards
Concurrences Review and George Washington University Law School Competition Law Center, 2021
