Kevin Arquit focuses on antitrust litigation, transactional and counseling issues.  Prior to joining private practice, Mr. Arquit was General Counsel of the Federal Trade Commission, and then Director of its Bureau of Competition.  He represents a variety of companies in high profile antitrust litigation as well before Government competition regulatory authorities.  He is advising Sirius Satellite Radio in antitrust aspects of the merger with XM radio and is defending MasterCard in two related actions brought by American Express and Discover. He represented Weyerhaeuser in a series of monopolization cases concerning its purchases of logs in the Pacific Northwest. In 2007, the Supreme Court vacated the original jury verdict in a unanimous decision which established the standard for evaluating the legality of a predatory buying claim. 

Mr. Arquit is regularly recognized as one of the world’s top antitrust attorneys.  He was named “2005 Global Competition Lawyer of the Year” by Who's Who Legal in its inaugural presentation of the award, and is ranked among the Chambers “Global 100” lawyers.  Both PLC Competition Law and Global Counsel 3000 recently rated Mr. Arquit as the leading individual competition/antitrust lawyer in New York.  In both the Chambers Guide to the World’s Leading Lawyers and America’s Leading Business Lawyers, Mr. Arquit received the highest ranking, and was named a leading individual lawyer in his field.   In June, 2006, Mr. Arquit was named co-winner of the U.S. Antitrust Award at Chambers “Awards for Excellence” ceremony. 

Mr. Arquit is a member of the Board of Directors of The Appleseed Foundation, a nonprofit network of public interest law centers.  He is also Chairman of the Board of Children for Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to service learning among children, and is a Member of the Board of The Adirondack Museum.