
biography
Matthew DeFrancesco has diverse experience representing clients involved in high-profile matters across a wide breadth of industries. Mr. DeFrancesco’s practice focuses on competition law, securities law, government investigations, as well as a wide variety of complex commercial litigation matters before federal courts, state courts, and alternative dispute resolution tribunals.
Mr. DeFrancesco has extensive experience dealing with all aspects of competition law, including antitrust litigation, government investigations, and multi-jurisdictional merger clearance matters. He represents clients in connection with obtaining antitrust clearance for high-stakes, multi-billion-dollar mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures reviewed by the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice, as well as international competition law enforcers. His merger control experience spans a vast array of industries, including the aerospace, oil and gas, casino, entertainment, education, and publishing industries, among others.
In addition to competition law, Mr. DeFrancesco’s experience includes the representation of financial institutions, public companies, asset management firms...
New York
Credentials
Admissions
New York
Southern District of New York
Eastern District of New York
Education
New York Law School, J.D., Magna Cum Laude (2013)
Villanova School of Business, B.S., Economics, Cum Laude (2010)
Prior Law Firm Experience
Milbank LLP
Troutman Sanders LLP