Joel R. Grosberg is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm's Washington, D.C. office. He focuses his practice on defending mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures before the Federal Trade Commission, Department of Justice, state antitrust authorities, foreign competition authorities, as well as antitrust litigation. Joel has significant experience in the high tech, chemical, health care and life sciences industries. His experience includes counseling on matters related to pricing and distribution practices and other competition related matters. Joel was ranked as a leading antitrust lawyer in The Legal 500 United States.
Prior to joining McDermott Will & Emery, Joel was an attorney with the Federal Trade Commission, where he handled a full range of antitrust matters involving the computer hardware and software, semiconductor, chemical, automotive parts, plastics, toy and paper industries.
Joel is admitted to practice in the state of New York and the District of Columbia.
Representative Experience
- DaVita Inc.’s acquisition of the U.S. renal care business of Gambro Healthcare
- Merger of Blackboard, Inc. and WebCT, Inc., two leading suppliers of course management software
- J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc’s. acquisition of PW Eagle, Inc. creating the leading U.S. PVC pipe manufacturer
- Joint Venture, creating largest phosphorus chemicals producer
- Acquisition, combining leading life sciences equipment manufacturers
- Acquisition, creating largest U.S. ammonium nitrate produce
- Combination of two leading speech recognition software firms
- Combination of two largest U.S. bearing manufacturers
- Successfully defended standard setting investigation by the Federal Trade Commission
- Successfully defended monopolization case in the semiconductor industry
Education
- Cornell Law School, J.D., 1996
- University of Michigan, B.A. (high distinction), 1992
