Bernard (Barry) A. Nigro Jr.Partner Bernard (Barry) A. Nigro Jr. is chair of Fried Frank's antitrust department. While resident in the Washington, DC office, he divides his time between the Washington, DC and New York offices. He returned to the Firm as a partner in 2009. Mr. Nigro's practice is focused on investigations and litigation under federal and state antitrust and unfair competition laws, including private and government litigation and criminal grand jury proceedings. He frequently handles matters relating to the clearance of mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, deceptive trade practices, advertising, and unfair marketing practices. He also is expert in antitrust compliance counseling and training. Mr. Nigro regularly appears before the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice, state attorneys general, and Congressional offices. In 2003, Mr. Nigro left Fried Frank to join the Federal Trade Commission as Deputy Director for the Bureau of Competition, where he managed the Bureau's merger and anticompetitive practices investigations and litigation. While at the Commission, he supervised and participated in matters involving a variety of industries, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, healthcare, defense, aerospace, music, tobacco, chemicals, retail, consumer products, food, supermarkets, energy, communications, media, and high technology, among others. He also regularly briefed Congressional offices on antitrust matters. Prior to re-joining Fried Frank, Mr. Nigro was a litigation partner in the Washington, DC office of a leading international law firm. Mr. Nigro is a frequent speaker and has published numerous articles on a variety of antitrust and competition topics. He serves on the Board of Editors of Antitrust Report, is a Co-Editor of a forthcoming book on Competition and Public Policy, is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Competition Law360, and was Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Telecom Antitrust Handbook.
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