Ehson Kashfipour is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins.

Ehson represents clients in high-stakes antitrust litigation and investigations and has merger clearance experience before the Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, and other antitrust enforcers.

Ehson also maintains an active pro bono practice, representing clients in proceedings related to immigration, criminal defense, and more.

Ehson received his JD, magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School where he was a Levy Scholar and a senior editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. He also holds an MBA with a concentration in Business Economics and Public Policy from the Wharton School, where he graduated as a Palmer Scholar. Ehson was previously a management consultant at a global consulting firm.

Ehson's experience includes representing:

Antitrust Litigation

  • EverWatch in defeating DOJ’s motion for a preliminary injunction challenging its acquisition by Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Live Nation and Ticketmaster in ongoing antitrust litigation brought by DOJ and State Attorneys General
  • Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in resolving a monopsony class action brought by mixed martial arts athletes
  • U.S. Soccer Federation in securing a unanimous jury verdict rejecting conspiracy and monopolization claims brought by the North American Soccer League

Merger Clearance

  • AbbVie on antitrust clearance of its US$10.1 billion acquisition of ImmunoGen
  • Abcam on antitrust clearance of its US$340 million acquisition of BioVision and its US$5.7 billion acquisition by Danaher
  • AMD on antitrust clearance of its US$35 billion acquisition of Xilinx
  • MGM on antitrust clearance of its US$8.5 billion acquisition by a multi-national technology company
  • Okta on antitrust clearance of its US$6.5 billion acquisition of Auth0
  • VillageMD on antitrust clearance of its US$5.2 billion acquisition by Walgreens

Bar Qualification

  • District of Columbia

Education

  • JD, University of Pennsylvania Law School
    magna cum laude
  • MBA, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business
    Palmer Scholar
  • BS, University of Maryland
    summa cum laude