PROFILE

Joshua Holian is a leading practitioner in Latham & Watkins’ global antitrust law practice, advising companies at the leading edge of merger control, government investigations, and product distribution strategy issues.

Joshua is at the forefront of evolving antitrust law and provides nuanced, pragmatic, and innovative advice that navigates clients through their most complex antitrust law matters. His global practice includes securing regulatory approvals and defending conduct investigations with clients under review by antitrust authorities in the US, EU, UK, China, and other jurisdictions. He has helped high profile clients in extremely scrutinized industries navigate both complex merger filings and conduct investigations. Praised for his ability to seamlessly translate legal advice into practical, strategic guidance, Joshua advises companies and private equity sponsors on the real-world implications of their business strategies across a wide range of industries, including semiconductors, digital economy, life sciences, health care, industrials, and entertainment, among others.

Joshua is a member of Latham's Chambers Band 1 California antitrust team, based in San Francisco and spent two years in Latham’s Chambers Band 1 Brussels office where he advised premier multinationals on complex antitrust issues. Joshua currently chairs the firm's Knowledge Management Committee and sits on the firm’s Ethics Committee.

Joshua has published a number of articles on antitrust issues, including a chapter entitled, "Practical Challenges Confronting Merger Reviews of Labor Markets" in the California Lawyers Association's Competition Journal (Fall 2022, Vol 32, No. 2) and a paper, “Three Key Issues for Managing Discovery in Global Merger Investigations: Coordinating Multijurisdictional Antitrust Reviews in Light of New Developments in UK and EU Merger Control Investigations” in the March 2019 Journal of European Competition Law & Practice.