Robert M. Buchanan
Massachusetts
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
United States
Tel: 617-248-5027
Email:
rbuchanan@choate.com
Web:
www.choate.com
Bob Buchanan, leader of the Antitrust practice at Choate, helps sophisticated clients to understand and comply with the nation’s antitrust laws.
His strategic perspective also helps the firm’s transaction clients to effectively address Hart-Scott-Rodino issues in connection with their merger and acquisition activities. Bob provides vertically integrated antitrust service based on years of experience – allowing clients to gain high level, relevant advice on pre-merger notification, merger process, counseling, and litigation risks all in one conversation.
Bob chairs Choate’s Ethics Committee and is the firm’s General Counsel.
Recognition
- The National Law Journal, “Antitrust Trailblazer”
- Best Lawyers 2019 Boston “Lawyer of the Year” for Antitrust Law
- Chambers USA, Band 1 for Antitrust Litigation and Counseling
- Best Lawyers in America (2006-2023)
- The Legal 500
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers
Representative Engagement
- Selected as joint antitrust counsel for three leading companies as they form a forward-thinking joint venture.
- Brought in to provide antitrust counseling to the senior leadership and legal department of a progressive company that faces various strategic discussions.
- Won summary judgment on behalf of Samsung in consumer class action filed in federal court.
- Wrote legal standard adopted by Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts on important issue of attorney-client privilege, after being recruited by Boston Bar Association to write amicus brief.
- Selected by two of top three health plans in Massachusetts as their joint antitrust counsel advising merger discussions.
- Won judgment in favor of Fortune 50 company by successful motion to dismiss complaint in antitrust class action.
Choate, one of the nation’s premier law firms, is different from the vast majority of major firms in ways we believe materially benefit our clients. All of our lawyers are under one roof in Boston, focused on a select group of areas where we practice at the top of the market, nationally and internationally, and represent clients in their largest and most significant matters.
Our single-office model gives us the ability to match clients with a dedicated, leanly staffed team of lawyers led by highly experienced, hands-on partners and associates working under their direction. Choate’s lawyers work together in one location and across services, maximizing value for clients by developing a sophisticated understanding of their businesses and goals and fostering long-term, collaborative relationships. Through independent research with our clients, we’ve confirmed that the teamwork of our lawyers affords us the unusual ability to partner with clients in their success by offering customized, high-quality, practical, business-oriented solutions.
Choate’s clients extend across the US and many foreign countries and include Fortune 500 companies, public and private companies, PE/VC firms, financial institutions and wealthy individuals. Choate is consistently recognized by third parties for excellence, including: Best Lawyers in America; Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business; The Legal 500, World’s Leading Lawyers and International Who’s Who of Lawyers