Mary Coleman Named Head of Compass Lexecon’s US Antitrust Practice

We are happy to announce that Dr. Mary T. Coleman has been appointed Head of Compass Lexecon’s US Antitrust Practice. Dr. Coleman is an Executive Vice President and specializes in the competitive analysis of mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures, as well as antitrust litigation, including liability and class-action certification issues. She has been with Compass Lexecon since 2009.

Dr. Coleman has made presentations before US and foreign antitrust authorities, submitted expert testimony in federal court, and testified in state court. She applies her expertise across a wide range of industries, including consumer products, digital platforms, and telecommunications.

From 2001 to 2004, Dr. Coleman served as Deputy Director for Antitrust in the Bureau of Economics at the Federal Trade Commission. In this role, Dr. Coleman was involved in all antitrust investigations at the FTC and supervised cases that involved a broad spectrum of antitrust issues, including mergers, horizontal restraints, monopolization, and vertical issues. Dr. Coleman was instrumental in the efforts of the Bureau of Economics to increase the empirical content of antitrust investigations at the FTC. She worked extensively to improve cooperation between the FTC and foreign jurisdictions as well as cooperation between economic and legal staffs.

Dr. Coleman has published numerous articles on topics such as antitrust analysis in high technology industries, the use of Merger Guidelines in various international jurisdictions, natural experiments, and the use of econometrics and other empirical methods in antitrust analysis. She is part of the American Bar Association Antitrust Section leadership, serving currently as Vice Chair of the Finance Committee and previously as Chair of the Women.Connected and Economics Committees.

Dr. Coleman commented, “I am excited to step into this new role and look forward to guiding our team as we continue providing clear analyses and advice to our clients navigating complex antitrust and competition issues.”

Compass Lexecon Chairman Daniel R. Fischel added, “We could not be more delighted to have Mary as Head of our US Antitrust Practice. Her leadership will provide strategic direction and seamless collaboration across our US offices and with our international colleagues.”