Kayleigh Golish
Biography
Kayleigh Golish is an associate in Baker McKenzie's Antitrust & Competition Practice Group in New York.
With a decade of antitrust experience, Kayleigh represents multinational companies in high-stakes antitrust investigations, complex litigation, and cross-border transactions. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Kayleigh worked at another global law firm.
Practice Focus
Kayleigh has a broad practice representing clients in various antitrust matters, including criminal and complex civil antitrust litigations, civil and criminal government investigations and internal investigations, and mergers and acquisitions. She also counsels clients regarding various antitrust compliance matters and antitrust implications of contemplated business decisions and disputes. Kayleigh also has a robust pro bono practice.
Representative Legal Matters
At Baker McKenzie, Kayleigh has advised on the following matters:
- Represented individuals and corporations in criminal antitrust investigations by Department of Justice in entertainment and financial sectors.
- Represented Methanex Corporation in acquisition of OCI Global Methanol business.
- Represented ALDI in acquisition of Southeastern Grocers.
- Represented Unilever in acquisition of Dr. Squatch.
- Represented multinational corporations such a Google and Accenture as third parties in merger challenges before FTC administrative law proceedings and federal court.
- Counselled clients on antitrust considerations related to IP settlements and various compliance related matters in energy, agriculture, technology, transportation, consumer goods, employment, and professional services sectors.
- Counselled voters as part of Election Protection pro bono service.
Prior to joining the Firm, Kayleigh advised on the following matters:
- Represented global chemicals manufacture Chemtrade in multidistrict class action litigation regarding alleged price fixing in the market for liquid aluminum sulfate, a key water treatment chemical, as well as various state investigations and state false claims act claims.
- Represented Grubhub in class action involving Section 1 claims filed against various food delivery service providers relating no-price competition clauses in contracts between the platforms and restaurants listed on them.
- Represented clients Bridgestone and Marelli (f/k/a Calsonic Kansei) in various cases consolidated within In re Automotive Parts multidistrict civil class action lawsuit filed on behalf of three classes of purchasers against the manufacturers of various automotive parts seeking monetary damages for alleged violations of various state and federal antitrust and consumer protection laws involving bid-rigging allegations, including a fast-tracked case on an expedited schedule.
Professional Honors
- Pro bono service awards 2016-2021
Professional Associations and Memberships
- ABA Antitrust Law Section - Member
Admissions
- New York~United States (2016)
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center (JD) (2015)
- University of California at Berkeley (BA) (2011)
Languages
- English