Jake Philipoom is an associate in the Antitrust Department focusing on antitrust matters. Jake has experience handling a wide range of antitrust matters, including representing companies before antitrust authorities in M&A transactions, in second requests before the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice; antitrust litigation related to monopolization and restraints of trade; and in civil antitrust investigations into issues such as gun-jumping and interlocking directorates. He also counsels on matters related to pricing algorithms, exclusive dealing, information sharing and the Robinson-Patman Act.
Jake’s notable representations include:
- IBM in multiple transactions, including its $6.4 billion acquisition of HashiCorp, a leading hybrid cloud automation vendor;
- Red Hat in its acquisition of Neural Magic, a pioneer in software and algorithms that accelerate generative AI inference workloads;
- Roark Capital Group in its acquisition of Subway Restaurants, one of the world’s largest quick service restaurant brands;
- Carrier Global Corporation in multiple transactions, including its $4.9 billion sale of its Global Access Solutions business to Honeywell;
- WestRock in its $20 billion combination with Smurfit Kappa, a global leader in sustainable packaging, creating Smurfit WestRock; and
- AlphaSense in its $930 million acquisition of Tegus, a leading provider of expert research and financial data.
Jake is also an adjunct professor at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, where he teaches a class on antitrust law.
