"Antitrust all-rounder, Alfred Pfeiffer has got 'every aspect of an outstanding antitrust lawyer.'" Chambers USA 2013

Al Pfeiffer

San Francisco
  • 505 Montgomery Street
  • Suite 2000
  • San Francisco, CA 94111-6538
  • USA
 
 

Alfred C. Pfeiffer, Jr. is a litigation partner in the San Francisco office of Latham & Watkins and is Co-chair of the firm's Antitrust & Competition Practice. He has extensive experience in civil antitrust cases, civil and criminal government antitrust investigations, and other competition-related commercial cases.

With more than 25 years of antitrust trial experience covering numerous industries, Mr. Pfeiffer has a wide range of practical experience, having won numerous trials, arbitrations, summary judgments and appeals in antitrust, communications and other complex cases. He has developed a particular focus on claims involving dominant firm conduct and the information technologies and telecommunications arenas. Mr. Pfeiffer also advises companies regarding the antitrust aspects of acquisitions, joint ventures and distribution agreements. He has successfully represented clients involved in investigations conducted by the US Department of Justice and the California Attorney General.

Mr. Pfeiffer has been recognized as a leading Antitrust lawyer in legal guides such as Chambers USA and The Legal 500 US, and was recently named a "Mover and Shaker" by The Deal.  In 2011, he was a Finalist for Global Competition Review's Lawyer of the Year Award.  He has been listed in the Best Lawyers in America survey in the Antitrust Law category every year since 2008, and was named the "Best Lawyers San Francisco Antitrust Law Lawyer of the Year" in 2012. Mr. Pfeiffer was also named Antitrust MVP by Law 360 (2011) and a Lawyer of the Year by California Lawyer magazine (2000).

Mr. Pfeiffer has been active for many years in the leadership of the ABA's Section on Antitrust. He is currently Chair of the Intellectual Property Committee, and is a former Chair of the Committee Operations Task Force and the Communications Industry Committee, and co-authored the ABA Antitrust Section's Telecom Antitrust Handbook (2005).

Mr. Pfeiffer's representative matters include:

  • Lundbeck Inc. (formerly Ovation Pharmaceuticals) in FTC v. Lundbeck, a successful defense of a government challenge to a consummated merger, in which the government sought both divestiture and over US$100 million in disgorgement, resulting in a complete defense verdict at trial, subsequently affirmed by the 8th Circuit
  • Eaton Electric in Nationwide Power Solutions v. Eaton, a Section 2 attempted monopolization case involving aftermarket theories, resulting in a substantial summary judgment victory for the client
  • Michael Foods in Feesers v. Michael Foods, a Robinson Patman Act case resulting in a complete defense victory at the 3rd Circuit
  • A California state agency in a confidential arbitration against a power conglomerate relating to manipulative conduct during the California energy crisis, resulting in a US$75 million arbitration award in the client’s favor*
  • Covad Communications in a series of antitrust and Telecommunication Act matters against former Bell operating companies, resulting in multiple arbitration awards in favor of the client in excess of US$30 million and ending in a settlement worth more than US$750 million*

*This client was represented by the attorney while he was employed at another law firm.