Alexis J. Gilman

Alexis J. Gilman is a partner in Crowell & Moring’s Antitrust & Competition Group in Washington, DC. He advises and represents clients on a broad range of civil antitrust and competition matters, including merger reviews and clearances, government investigations, premerger Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) notifications, and antitrust litigation, with a particular focus on representing merging parties and third parties in merger investigations by the Federal Trade Commission, Department of Justice, and state attorneys general offices. He also counsels businesses and trade associations on antitrust compliance. Alexis brings significant prior government experience and expertise, having joined the firm from the Federal Trade Commission, where he was Assistant Director of the Mergers IV Division. His experience spans a wide range of industries and includes deep experience in healthcare, retail, consumer goods, food and beverage, distribution, veterinary hospitals, casinos and gaming, semiconductors, biotechnology, and energy. Alexis has been recognized by Who’s Who Legal in the category Competition Future Leaders – Partners (2020, 2019), by Legal 500 as a Recommended Lawyer for Antitrust: Merger Control (2021, 2020), and by Best Lawyers for Antitrust Law (2021).

Since joining Crowell, select matters include:

• Represented Novant Health in its $5 billion acquisition of New Hanover Regional Medical Center, the largest hospital acquisition in North Carolina history.
• Represented a veterinary-services provider in its acquisition of nearly 50 facilities from a multi-regional provider.
• Represented Summa Health in its proposed affiliation with Beaumont Health (subsequently abandoned).
• Represented a private equity firm and its portfolio company in obtaining clearance from the FTC of an acquisition in an area subject to a Prior Notice requirement.
• Represented a leading global manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer foods as a third party in an FTC merger investigation.
• Represented a marketer and seller of consumer products as a third party in an FTC merger investigation.
• Representing a multinational Fortune 20 healthcare services company as a third party in an FTC conduct investigation.
• Represented AT&T in its successful defense of the DOJ’s suit challenging its $108 billion acquisition of Time Warner.
• Represented a Fortune 100 healthcare services company as a third party in an FTC merger investigation.Represented a grocery retailer as a third party in an FTC supermarket merger investigation.
• Represented an office products distributor as a third party in an FTC office supplies merger investigation.
• Counseling a national transportation-services provider and energy industry trade association on antitrust compliance issues.

Alexis joined the firm from the Federal Trade Commission, where he led a 30-attorney division and worked on some of the agency's highest-profile matters. From 2014-2017, Alexis served as the Assistant Director of the Mergers IV Division in the Bureau of Competition of the Federal Trade Commission, where he had leading roles in and oversaw merger investigations and litigation in various industries, including hospitals and other healthcare providers, distribution services, retail, consumer goods, food and beverage, supermarkets, funeral homes, casinos, and online gaming. Prior to this position, Alexis served as a Deputy Assistant Director of the Mergers IV Division from 2012-2014, and a Staff Attorney in the division from 2010-2012. While at the FTC, Alexis had leading roles on several high-profile merger investigations and litigation, including:

Healthcare

• FTC v. Advocate/NorthShore (preliminary injunction enjoining transaction)
• FTC v. ProMedica/St. Luke's (injunction ordering unwinding of transaction upheld by the Sixth Circuit, cert. denied)
• In re Cabell/St. Mary’s (complaint filed, later withdrawn after state approved merger under cooperative agreement)
• FTC v. Phoebe Putney/Palmyra (merger consummated subject to consent order)
• Mountain States/Wellmont Health System (merger consummated under COPA and cooperative agreement)CHS/HMA (consent order requiring two hospital divestitures)
• In re UHS/Ascend (consent order requiring divestiture)

Retail/Consumer Goods

• Amazon/Whole Foods
• In re Dollar Tree/Family Dollar (consent order requiring divestiture of 330 stores)
• In re Albertsons/Safeway (consent order requiring divestiture of 168 supermarkets)
• Office Depot/OfficeMax
• Men's Wearhouse/Jos. A. Bank
• Bass Pro/Cabela's
• In re Ahold/Delhaize (consent order requiring divestiture of 81 supermarkets)

Distribution, Casinos, Gaming, and Other

• FTC v. Sysco/US Foods (preliminary injunction enjoining $8.2 billion transaction)
• FTC v. Staples/Office Depot (preliminary injunction enjoining $6.3 billion transaction)
• FTC v. DraftKings/FanDuel (complaint filed, transaction abandoned)
• FTC v. Pinnacle/Ameristar (complaint filed, $2.8 billion merger closed subject to consent order requiring divestitures)
• In re SCI/Stewart Enterprises ($1.4 billion merger consummated subject to consent order requiring divestitures in 59 markets)

Prior to joining the FTC, Alexis was an associate in the Antitrust Group of a large U.S.-based law firm, where he represented Fortune 500 companies in U.S. and foreign merger investigations and other civil antitrust matters. He represented pharmaceutical, publishing, retail, chemical, energy, and private equity clients, among others. Select matters included:

• Pfizer in its $68 billion acquisition of Wyeth.
• Perrigo in its $808 million acquisition of PBM Products.
• Apollo Management in connection with its portfolio company's, Hexion Specialty Chemicals', acquisition of Akzo Nobel’s Inks and Adhesives Resins business.
• Pearson in its $950 million acquisition of Harcourt Assessment and Harcourt Education International from Reed Elsevier.
• Pharmacia in its $60 billion acquisition by Pfizer.

Alexis is a frequent speaker at ABA, American Health Lawyers Association, and other organization events. Alexis received his J.D. with honors from The George Washington University Law School where he was a member of the George Washington International Law Review. He received his B.A. from Williams College. He is originally from Maine.