Raymond A. Jacobsen, Jr.
Partner
Washington, D.C.
T: +1 202 756 8028
F: +1 202 756 8087
rayjacobsen@mwe.com
Raymond A. Jacobsen, Jr. is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Washington, D.C. office. As head of the Firm’s Regulation & Government Affairs Department and its Antitrust and Competition Practice Group, Ray focuses his practice on mergers, acquisitions and complex antitrust litigation, with significant experience in the defense, medical devices, biotech, consumer product, energy and health care industries.
Key Accomplishments
- Successfully defended over 200 complex mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures in the United States, Europe and the Far East over the past 30 years. Chambers USA 2007 edition describes Ray as “an attorney with national presence” who “is greatly respected for his insight into the intricacies of the merger process and confident manner before the agencies.”
- Successfully defended civil antitrust litigation, including class actions, in over 30 federal and state courts and arbitrations
- Successfully defended dozens of Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department investigations involving alleged price-fixing, exclusive distribution arrangements, intellectual property issues, unfair trade and false advertising
- Former chairman of two American Bar Association Committees
- One of the first to obtain amnesty for a client under the Justice Department's expanded amnesty program
- Listed in Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Best Lawyers in America, An International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers, The World's Leading Competition and Antitrust Lawyers, the Best of the Best Antitrust/Competition Lawyers and Outstanding International Business lawyers
Key Cases
- Ortho Biotech v. Amgen (D.N.J.) – defense of “bundled” discounting arrangement
- Lockheed Martin Corp. v. Boeing Co. (N.D. Fla.) – monopolization of U.S. launch vehicle market
- Coastal Petroleum Co. v. Mobil Oil Corp. (N.D. Fla./11th Cir.) - defense of alleged monopolization of Florida phosphate industry
- Erie Forge v. Cyprus Minerals Co. (W.D. Pa.) - defense of alleged price-fixing of molybdenum
- Heublein v. FTC (D. Conn./2d Cir.) - obtained injunction ordering FTC to grant early termination of Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period
- Martin Marietta v. IT&T (N.D. Ill.) - breach of contract action (resolved through one of the first major “mini-trials,” before former federal judge Charles Renfrew)
- U.S. v. Greyhound (N.D. Ill.) - obtained modification to Justice Department Consent Order, from Judge Prentice Marshall
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1975
- University of Delaware, B.A. (cum laude), 1971
