John Harkrider
Founding Partner, Axinn
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John Harkrider is a founding partner of Axinn and is ranked at Tier 1 in Chambers. He was global lead counsel on Thermo Fisher’s proposed acquisition of Qiagen as well as its successful acquisition of Life Technologies, Dell’s acquisition of EMC and Ball Corporation’s acquisition of Rexam PLC. He was also counsel to Google in its acquisition of Motorola Mobility. He has litigated three different merger challenges.
John was named Global Competition Review’s Lawyer of the Year and has been shortlisted for Dealmaker of the Year. He was also named Litigator of the Week by The American Lawyer in connection with the FTC’s investigation of Google. He currently represents Google in a highly publicised litigation and in various investigations throughout the world.
