Charlie Beller
Associate
Washington, D.C.
charlie.beller@lw.com
+1.202.637.2275
PRACTICES
- Antitrust & Competition
- Litigation & Trial
INDUSTRIES
- Aerospace, Defense & Government Services
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Hospitality, Gaming & Leisure
- Technology
EDUCATION
- JD, University of Virginia School of Law, 2018
- BA in History, Georgetown University, 2011
magna cum laude
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
- German
PROFILE
Charlie Beller is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins.
Charlie represents companies in antitrust and competition matters, including merger clearance, antitrust litigation, government investigations, and corporate counseling.
He advises clients on a variety of antitrust issues, with specific experience in the defense, aviation, chemicals, and music and book publishing industries.
Charlie maintains an active pro bono practice, providing tax-exempt counseling to non-profit institutions. He has also supported successful litigation to overturn state occupational licensing restrictions.*
Charlie serves as a Young Lawyer Representative on the American Bar Association (ABA) Antitrust Section’s Pricing Conduct Committee, and as a co-editor of the Section’s forthcoming Price Discrimination Handbook. He authored updates to the Air Transportation chapter of Antitrust Law Developments.
Charlie was previously a management consultant in Germany supporting companies with pricing strategy.
EXPERIENCE
Charlie’s experience includes advising on:
- EverWatch in successful litigation against DOJ involving a novel Section 1 challenge to its merger agreement with Booz-Allen Hamilton
- Merger control, including pre-merger risk analysis, HSR filing assessment, Second Request compliance, and agency advocacy*
- Antitrust investigations and litigation (conduct and mergers), including both agency and private litigation (discovery, motions practice, and trial)*
Recent Speaking Engagements
- Speaker, “State AG Enforcement in Transportation/Energy,” ABA Antitrust Section (March 11, 2022)
- Moderator, “Robinson Patman Enforcement: Dead Letter or Dormant Anti-Monopoly Sword,” ABA Antitrust Section (January 14, 2022)
- Moderator, “Sustainability & Antitrust,” ABA Air & Space Section Conference (September 17, 2021)
*Matter handled prior to joining Latham