Ilene Knable Gotts

Chair of American Bar Association - Section of Antitrust

Ilene Knable Gotts is a partner in the New York City law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, where she focuses on antitrust matters, particularly relating to mergers and acquisitions. Mrs Gotts is regularly recognised as one of the world's top antitrust lawyers, including being recognised in the 2006-2009 editions of The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, as one of the top 10 global competition lawyers, in the first tier ranking of Chambers USA Guide, and the 'leading individuals' ranking of PLC Which Lawyer Yearbook. In 2006-2007, Mrs Gotts was the chair of the New York State Bar Association's Antitrust Section; she has been a member of the American Law Institute for over a decade. Mrs Gotts is a frequent guest speaker, has had over 130 articles published on antitrust-related topics, was the editor of the second and third editions of the ABA's Merger Review Process Handbook and Law Business Research's Private Competition Enforcement Review (2008); and is the editor of Law Business Research's forthcoming Private Competition Enforcement Review (2009) and Merger Control Review (2009). She is a member of the editorial board of The Antitrust Counselor, Antitrust Report, and Competition Law International publications and the advisory board of BNA's Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report. Mrs Gotts is a member of the board of national law alumni of Georgetown University Law Center, advisory board of Georgetown University Law Center's Corporate Counsel Institute, the Lincoln Center Counsel's Council, and legal advisory board of Legal Momentum.