Mark H Hamer

Partner, Baker McKenzie

Mark H Hamer is global chair of the firm’s antitrust & competition practice group, comprised of over 300 competition lawyers in over 60 offices across 43 countries. Mark has over 25 years of wide-ranging litigation experience, including first-chair roles in jury trials, bench trials and arbitrations. His primary focus is antitrust litigation.

Before joining Baker McKenzie, Mark was a successful federal prosecutor in the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ). He was involved in some of the DOJ’s highest-profile antitrust trials. Before joining the DOJ, Mark was a partner at another global law firm where he handled complex multi-district antitrust class actions in courts across the nation.

Mark’s practice focuses on antitrust litigation, both private and public. He assists clients in the defence of merger challenges, class actions and civil and criminal investigations. He helps clients navigate federal and state regulatory inquiries, enforcement actions, complex merger clearance matters and multi-district antitrust class actions.

As an experienced antitrust counsel, Mark also regularly provides antitrust advice on a broad range of non-litigation matters, including antitrust deal support, merger clearance strategy, sales and distribution advice, and antitrust compliance.