Arman Oruc is a Partner in the Firm’s Litigation Department.  He specializes in antitrust related issues, including not only complex antitrust litigation, but also regulatory approval of mergers and acquisitions, government investigations, and antitrust advice regarding strategic business practices.

Mr. Oruc has advised many clients in connection with merger regulation, including the recent acquisitions of Warner Music Group, Quidsi/Diapers.com, and Wireless Generation.   He was the lead counsel for Sanyo Electric Co. in obtaining antitrust clearance from the Federal Trade Commission in its high-stakes acquisition by Panasonic, and advised SiRF regarding antitrust issues in its merger with CSR. 

In antitrust litigation, he currently represents Ericsson in a complex case involving standard setting activities.  He is lead counsel for Kintetsu Worldwide Express in a putative class action alleging unlawful price fixing, as well as in related government investigations in a number of countries.  He also advises other US and non-US clients in connection with price-fixing investigations in multiple jurisdictions. 

His other recent engagements have included representing MasterCard in antitrust litigations brought by American Express and Discover, as well as a trial against Visa which resulted in an injunction against a Visa rule.  Mr. Oruc also successfully defended Staples in an antitrust action brought by a putative class of consumers and related investigations by state attorneys general, resulting in a dismissal of the action and termination of the investigations.  Mr. Oruc has represented clients from numerous different industries in antitrust litigation brought by competitors, classes of purchasers and consumers, and the Department of Justice. 

In addition to litigation and regulatory clearance, Mr. Oruc counsels clients on antitrust issues surrounding merger negotiations, alliances, joint ventures, and trade associations, as well as everyday business conduct.  He has represented the Blu-ray Disc Association through the format wars and continues to advise them on antitrust issues.

Mr. Oruc received a B.A., summa cum laude, in economics from Skidmore College, a masters in economics from Cambridge University, and a J.D. from U.C. Berkeley. 

Mr. Oruc was one of the founding members of Simpson Thacher’s Washington, D.C. office.  He is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of D.C. and New York. 

Publications

•	Revised HSR Act Thresholds
•	Guidelines for Executives Receiving Company Shares in Light of Recent HSR Act Enforcement Action
•	Announced Modifications to HSR Reporting
•	Revised HSR Act Thresholds
•	European Commission Issues Revised Rules on Horizontal Cooperation
•	European Court of Justice Finds In-House Legal Advice Not Protected by Legal Professional Privilege
•	DOJ and FTC Issue Revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines
•	The Supreme Court Holds That Arbitrators, Not Courts, May Decide Challenges To The Enforceability Of Stand-Alone Arbitration Agreements
•	The Supreme Court Finds NFL Licensing Activities Subject to Rule of Reason Antitrust Scrutiny
•	The Supreme Court Vacates Arbitrators' Decision Allowing Class Arbitration Based Solely On Arbitrators' Own Policy Views
•	The Supreme Court Examines Whether Courts Must Decide the Enforceability of Arbitration Clauses Challenged as Unconscionable
•	The Supreme Court Considers Whether the NFL is a "Single Entity" and thus Immune from Antitrust Scrutiny
•	The Supreme Court Considers Whether Class Arbitration is Permitted When the Arbitration Clause is Silent on the Issue
•	The Heightened Pleading Standard of Twombly Applies to All Federal Civil Claims
•	China Blocks Foreign Acquisition of a Chinese Company in an Early Major Test of the Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law
•	The Supreme Court Rejects the “Price Squeeze” Theory of Illegal Monopolization
•	Whole Foods/Wild Oats: D.C. Circuit Reverses and Remands on Motion to Preliminarily Enjoin Already Consummated Merger
•	The Department of Justice Gives Unconditional Approval to Proposed Merger of Sirius and XM
•	EU Commission Dawn Raids Companies for Alleged Gun-Jumping Violations
•	The European Court of First Instance Upholds the European Commission’s Finding that Microsoft Abused its Dominant Position
•	Supreme Court Holds That Minimum Resale Price Maintenance is Not a Per Se Violation of Antitrust Law
•	Supreme Court Rules that IPO Litigation is Immune from Antitrust Scrutiny
•	Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly: Raising the Bar for Pleadings by Antitrust Plaintiffs
•	DOJ Announces Reforms to Merger Review Process - January 18, 2007
•	Two Supreme Court Antitrust Decisions In Two Days - March 2, 2006
•	FTC Reforms to Merger Review Process - February 21, 2006

Speaking Engagements

•	Arman Oruc Speaks at ABA’s IP Fundamentals for Antitrust Specialists Program Series March 3, 2010

Admissions

•	New York 1998
•	U.S. District Court Southern District of New York 1999
•	U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit 2001
•	District of Columbia 2006
•	U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 2007
•	U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia 2008

Education

•	University of California Berkeley School of Law, 1996 J.D.
•	Skidmore College, B.A.
•	Cambridge University, 1993 M.A.