David Vann is a Partner in the Firm's Litigation Department, concentrating in antitrust, government and internal investigations and compliance, complex commercial litigation and international arbitration.  His experience includes counseling clients on a wide variety of antitrust and compliance issues ranging from mergers and acquisitions, B2B exchanges, joint ventures, distribution practices to civil litigation, criminal grand jury investigations and regulatory compliance.  He has also conducted internal investigations for companies confronting potential misconduct by their officers and employees.  He has represented clients before federal and state courts throughout the United States, the Federal Trade Commission, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, the European Commission and in a variety of arbitrations.

In the past year, Mr. Vann has advised Xerox in its acquisition of Affiliated Computer Systems, Wyeth in its acquisition by Pfizer, KKR in its joint venture with Bertelsmann to form BMG Rights Management, Blackstone in its acquisition of joint interest in the Broadgate Estate, and KKR in its joint acquisition of TASC.  He has also represented Barr Pharmaceuticals on its acquisition by Teva Pharmaceuticals, Unisteel in its acquisition of MMI.  Mr. Vann has represented Virgin Atlantic in connection with the Department of Justice’s grand jury investigation into the pricing of fuel surcharges in the airline industry and related civil litigation, adidas in its acquisition of Reebok, Smithfield Foods in its acquisition of Sara Lee Foods Europe, Celanese in its acquisition of Acetex, Owens-Illinois in its acquisition of BSN Glasspack and Grey Global in its sale to WPP.  He represented Vivendi Universal before antitrust authorities in the US, Europe and other jurisdictions in connection with the sale of the Seagram Spirits and Wine business, and Seagram in connection with its merger with Vivendi and Canal+.  He also advised on the successful defense of the United International Pictures joint venture before the European Commission. He has provided Blackstone, KKR and their respective portfolio companies with antitrust and compliance advice in connection with their activities and has participated in the representation of Swiss Re and Argenbright in connection with lawsuits arising from September 11.

Mr. Vann is listed in Chambers’ Guide to the World’s Leading Business Lawyers, Global Competition Review’s International Who’s Who of Competition Lawyers and in PLC’s Competition Law Handbook as a leading competition lawyer.

Mr. Vann is admitted to the bar in New York and to practice before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.  He is also admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales.  Mr. Vann received his B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1983 and his J.D. from Cornell University in 1990.

Honors/Associations

•	Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1992-Present
•	American Bar Association, 1992-Present
•	New York State Bar Association, 1992-Present

Publications

•	European Commission Publishes Report on Quantification of Antitrust Damages
•	The Supreme Court Considers Whether the NFL is a "Single Entity" and thus Immune from Antitrust Scrutiny
•	The Heightened Pleading Standard of Twombly Applies to All Federal Civil Claims
•	The Supreme Court Rejects the “Price Squeeze” Theory of Illegal Monopolization
•	The Supreme Court Considers the Applicability of the “Price-Squeeze” Theory of Illegal Monopolization
•	European Commission Amends Merger Guidelines: Now Requires Remedy Proposals to be Submitted on a Standard Form
•	Final Rules Detailing Merger Filing Thresholds for New Competition Law In China Issued August 4, 2008
•	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
•	International Merger Control, Mergers & Acquisitions in 52 Jurisdictions Worldwide (2008)
•	First U.K. Criminal Charges Are Brought Against Cartel Participants Following DOJ Plea Agreements in the U.S.
•	EU Commission Dawn Raids Companies for Alleged Gun-Jumping Violations
•	International Merger Control, Mergers & Acquisitions in 48 Jurisdictions Worldwide (2007)
•	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
•	International Merger Control, Mergers & Acquisitions in 48 Jurisdictions Worldwide (2006)
•	The European Court of First Instance Annuls the European Commission’s Decision Approving the SonyBMG Joint Venture - July 18, 2006
•	Two Supreme Court Antitrust Decisions In Two Days - March 2, 2006
•	Recent Developments in International Cartel Enforcement
•	Developments in Private Enforcement of Competition Laws -- Introduction
•	International Merger Control
•	Recent Developments in EC Merger Control Reform: (1) Proposed Amendments to the Merger Control Regulation, and (2) Proposed Guidelines for the Analysis of Horizontal Mergers
•	Recent Antitrust Division and FTC Steps to Expedite the Review of Mergers and other Antitrust Investigations

Admissions

•	New York 1992
•	U.S. District Court Southern District of New York 1993

Education

•	Cornell Law School, 1990 J.D. cum laude
•	Wesleyan University, 1983 B.A.