Aleksandr B. Livshits

Clients turn to Aleksandr (Alex) Livshits in connection with antitrust merger reviews, including governmental investigations of complex cross-border transactions, as well as antitrust compliance issues. 

Alex has represented a variety of clients before the US Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. He has extensive experience across a wide range of industries, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, aerospace, automotive, retail, commodities, consumer products, media, and technology.

Legal 500 consistently recognizes Alex as a key lawyer in Antitrust: Merger Control, describing him as “incredibly knowledgeable, thoughtful, responsive, and very hardworking.” Alex is also recognized as a “Future Leader” by Who’s Who Legal: Competition.

Work highlights:

• Permira in numerous engagements, including its $5.8 billion acquisition of Mimecast Limited and its $14 billion acquisition of McAfee Corporation.
• ProQuest in its $5.3 billion acquisition by Clarivate plc.
• BlackRock in numerous matters, including its $1.05 billion acquisition of Aperio from Golden Gate Capital and its $1.3 billion acquisition of eFront from Bridgepoint.
• Menarini Group in its $677 million acquisition of Stemline Therapeutics Inc.
• Leidos Holdings in its $1 billion acquisition of L3Harris’s Security, Detection and Automation business.
• Aleris in its $2.8 billion acquisition by Novelis, Inc.
• OMERS Private Equity and Caliber Collision Centers in the sale of a majority interest in Caliber Collision Centers to funds affiliated with Hellman & Friedman LLC.
• Landmark Media Group in numerous matters, including the sale of its ForRent.com business to CoStar Group, Inc.
• Genesys in numerous matters, including its $1.4 billion acquisition of Interactive Intelligence Group, Inc.

Alex has written on various antitrust topics and has contributed articles to The M&A Lawyer, The New York Law Journal, and The Deal Pipeline. He also drafted the chapter on antitrust considerations for the M&A treatise Takeover Defense: Mergers and Acquisitions.