Steve Harris is a partner in Baker & McKenzie’s Global Antitrust & Competition Group. Mr. Harris is widely published and globally recognized as a leading antitrust lawyer and commercial litigator by publications including Chambers USA (2004-2011), International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers (2000-2012), International Who's Who of Business Lawyers (2012), PLC Which lawyer? (2001-2011), and Baltimore & Washington DC's Top Lawyers (2012).

Practice Focus

Mr. Harris practices antitrust law, including class actions and cartel and merger investigations, before US and international courts and agencies. He also counsels on compliance with antitrust, FCPA and related areas of law and represents financial institutions in complex regulatory and commercial litigation.

Mr. Harris handles civil and criminal antitrust litigation and cartel investigations in a broad range of industries, including financial institutions, pharmaceuticals, information technology, electronics, health care, consumer products, mining and minerals, retail, and software. He also has represented major money-center banks in numerous cases against US financial regulatory agencies.

Representative Legal Matters

• Represented Prestige Brands Holdings Inc. in the worldwide antitrust and merger control issues related to its USD660 million acquisition of the over-the-counter pharmaceutical brands business of GlaxoSmithKline, Prestige's largest acquisition ever. The matter involved two transactions and interesting issues under the US Federal Trade Commission's aggregation rule; the FTC granted early termination.
• Represented a leading global information services company, in the worldwide antitrust and merger control proceedings; the merger presented several unusual competition law issues, including the application of the "media merger" rules in Germany and Austria.
• Represented a leading specialty minerals company based in France, in the US antitrust and merger control issues related to its USD665 million acquisition of a talc business.
• Represented a leading global medical technology company, in the worldwide antitrust and merger control proceedings in its acquisition of a Swedish company involving issues related to complementary versus competitive products in several jurisdictions.
• Represented major US consumer products company in antitrust cartel investigation and follow-on class action litigation.
• Represented European chemicals manufacturer in antitrust cartel investigation in the US and EU, and in follow-on class action litigation.
• Represented a leading personal computer manufacturer in an antitrust and patent infringement action involving MPEG data compression technology.
• Represented a major international airline before antitrust and regulatory agencies in Asia and the US in a successful global effort to retain its multi-year joint business agreement with one of Asia Pacific’s leading airlines.
• Represented a leading multinational resources company in the review of a joint venture with another large resources company, under the China Anti-Monopoly Law.
• Counseled a leading petroleum company in an antitrust class action litigation involving pricing to distributors and independent resellers.
• Represented pharmaceutical data company in landmark refusal to deal case before the European Commission.
• Advised a major consumer goods manufacturer in a series of federal, state, civil, and criminal antitrust investigations, and acted as lead trial counsel in related federal class action litigation.
• Counseled a major Asian trading company in indirect purchaser class action antitrust litigation throughout the United States.
• Represented leading Asian trading company in antitrust and trade litigation.
• Represented executive of major Asian international airline in cartel investigation.
• Represented executive of leading Asian consumer goods company in cartel investigation.
• Represented executive of leading Asian industrial supply company in cartel investigation.

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association - Antitrust Law Section, current member of International Task Force
• Inter-Pacific Bar Association - Vice-Chair, Competition Law Committee
• International Bar Association - Antitrust & Competition Law Section
• International Competition Network - Non-Governmental Advisor (Unilateral Conduct Working Group)
• American Bar Association - Antitrust Law Section, former International Officer & Council Member
• American Bar Association - Liaison to the International Bar Association, and Liaison to the Inter-Pacific Bar Association
• American Bar Foundation - Life Fellow

Admission

Supreme Court of England & Wales~United Kingdom (2009)
England & Wales (Solicitor) (2009)
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York~United States (2005)
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York~United States (2005)
New York~United States (2004)
District of Columbia~United States (2003)
District of Columbia, Court of Appeals~United States (2003)
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia~United States (1999)
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit~United States (1999)
U.S. Supreme Court~United States (1998)
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit~United States (1998)
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit~United States (1998)
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland~United States (1998)
U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit~United States (1998)
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit~United States (1998)
U.S. Court of Federal Claims~United States (1996)
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia~United States (1988)
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit~United States (1985)
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia~United States (1983)
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit~United States (1983)
Georgia~United States (1982)

Education

Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law (Columbia University School of Law)  (Honors) (1982)
Columbia Law School  (J.D. Honors, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar) (1982)
Cornell University, College of Arts & Sciences  (A.B. magna cum laude, College Scholar) (1977)