Ranked among the top 5 North American antitrust lawyers with nearly US$60 billion in transaction value
MergerLinks 2023
“A fantastic lawyer; a good, clear thinker and problem-solver.”
Who's Who Legal 2017-2021
Recommended – Competition (Global Leader)
Who's Who Legal 2022
“A terrific antitrust attorney.”
Who's Who Legal 2017-2021
“Operates in a clear-thinking and effective way.”
Who's Who Legal 2017-2021
“Well versed in securing merger clearances domestically and internationally.”
Who's Who Legal 2017-2021
“Experienced in civil and criminal investigations.”
Who's Who Legal 2017-2021
Profile
Jason Cruise advises market-leading clients on the antitrust aspects of their transformative deals before regulators in the US and globally.
Leveraging nearly two decades of experience, Jason combines a deep knowledge of economic trends with regulatory insight to guide public companies and private equity firms on all aspects of:
Deal clearance for mergers and acquisitions reviewed by antitrust regulators in the US and globally
Defense of antitrust investigations and litigation in the US and globally
Antitrust counseling on joint ventures, other competitor collaboration, information sharing, sales and marketing practices, and other commercial activities
He draws on a sophisticated understanding of the rapidly evolving US antitrust regulatory landscape and how global regulators’ collaboration impacts deals to craft compelling client solutions that optimize commercial outcomes.
Well-versed in market economics across a multitude of industries, Jason has developed a keen awareness of the specific antitrust considerations for deals in the energy, infrastructure, industrial, technology, communications, and other sectors; and he is regularly tapped by industry press including MLex, Bloomberg, and others for his commentary in these spaces. In recognition of his work, he is consistently ranked by MergerLinks as one of the Top Antitrust Lawyers in North America (2019, 2020, 2021, & 2023).
Thought Leadership
Select publications, commentary, and lectures include:
Commentary, “ExxonMobil-Pioneer, Chevron-Hess deals face political concerns, but no clear regulatory obstacles”, MLex, April 8, 2024
"FTC Turns Up the Pressure on Oil and Gas M&A", Latham & Watkins Client Alert, April 4, 2022
Guest Lecturer, Global Antitrust Law Seminar, George Mason University Law School, April 2021
Guest Lecturer, Global Antitrust Law Seminar, George Mason University Law School, April 2020
“Antitrust Enforcement Trends in 2019: Practical Guide for Businesses,” Knowledge Group Webcast, June 6, 2019
“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,” Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, February 26, 2019
“Five Global Merger Control Developments You Need to Know: 2018 Midyear Report,” Law360 Competition e-newsletter, July 6, 2018
Guest Lecturer, Global Antitrust Law Seminar, George Mason University Law School, March 2018
DOJ Enforcement Update, ABA Corporate Counseling Committee, February 22, 2018
“DOJ Files Unusual Suit to Unwind a Consummated Merger: 3 Lessons,” Client Alert, September 29, 2017
“The Philippine Antitrust Regime in a Post Transition World,” 2017 In-House Congress Manila, July 13, 2017
“China’s MOFCOM Announces First-Ever Gun-Jumping Penalty in a Transaction Not Involving a Chinese Company,” Client Alert, January 9, 2017
“10 Takeaways From Recent Global Merger Control Timelines,” Law360, December 2, 2016
“5 Global Merger Control Developments You Need To Know,” Law360 Competition e-newsletter, July 18, 2016
“Merger Control: How Remedies are Approached in Different Jurisdictions,” ABA Section of International Law’s International Antitrust Committee, June 23, 2016
“Annual HSR Threshold Adjustments Announced,” Client Alert, January 22, 2016
“International Antitrust Committee: The Newsletter,” ABA Section of International Law Fall Newsletter, October 13, 2015
“Practical Guide to the US Merger Review Process,” Concurrences Competition Law Journal, January 31, 2014
Experience
Jason’s experience includes representing:
Archrock in its acquisition of Total Operations and Production Services
Amphenol in its acquisition of Mobile Networks Businesses from CommScope
SLB in its acquisition of ChampionX Corporation
Equitrans Midstream in its merger with EQT
Amphenol in its acquisition of Carlisle Interconnect Technologies
Chesapeake Energy in its merger with Southwestern Energy
Occidental in its acquisition of CrownRock
Incitec Pivot in the sale of its Waggaman ammonia facility to CF
Vistra in its acquisition of Energy Harbor
Vitol in the sale of Vencer Permian assets to Civitas
Occidental in its acquisition of Carbon Engineering
Magellan Midstream Partners in its acquisition by ONEOK
ConocoPhillips in its strategic partnership with Sempra for the Port Arthur LNG project
TechnipFMC in the sale of its measurement solutions business
Chevron in its Bayou Bend joint venture with Talos Energy and Carbonvert
TotalEnergies in its strategic partnership with Global Infrastructure Partners in US renewables
Targa Resources in its acquisition of Southcross Energy assets
Viasat in its combination with Inmarsat
EP Energy in its sale to EnCap Investments
Desktop Metal in its acquisition of ExOne
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics in its acquisition by Quidel
Falcon Minerals in its merger with Desert Peak Minerals
Chesapeake Energy in its acquisition of Vine Energy
Crestwood and Con Edison in their sale of Stagecoach Gas Services to Kinder Morgan
Energy Transfer in its acquisition of Enable Midstream Partners
Diamondback Energy in its sale of Williston Basin Assets to Oasis
Chevron in its acquisition of Noble Midstream Partners
Sasol in its Lake Charles Chemical Plant joint venture with LyondellBasell
CenterPoint Energy in its sale of Miller Pipeline and Minnesota Limited to Powerteam Services
UGI in its acquisition of Mountaineer Gas Company
TechnipFMC in its spin-off of Technip Energies
Amphenol Corporation in its acquisition of MTS Systems
QEP Resources in its merger with Diamondback Energy
Desktop Metal in its acquisition of EnvisionTEC
Callaway Golf in its acquisition of Topgolf Entertainment
Hyundai Motors in its acquisition of Boston Dynamics
Riverstone Energy in the sale of its offshore Gulf of Mexico portfolio to Talos Energy
Citizen Energy in its acquisition of Roan Resources
Nestlé Health Science in its acquisition of Vital Proteins
Siemens Healthineers in its acquisition of Varian Medical Systems
NRG in its acquisition of Direct Energy
Shell Midstream Partners’ Conflicts Committee in its acquisition of assets from Royal Dutch Shell
Aero Precision in its acquisition of Kellstrom
Waste Connections in its acquisition of Penn Waste
Astorg in its acquisition of eResearchTechnology
Vistra Energy in its acquisition of Crius Energy
Leeds Equity Partners in its acquisition of Scaled Agile
Pembina Pipeline in its US$4.35 billion acquisition of Kinder Morgan Canada and the Cochin Pipeline
Hyundai Motor Group in its Autonomous Driving Joint Venture with Aptiv
Astorg in its acquisition of Anaqua
Energy Transfer in its acquisition of SemGroup
Vistra Energy in its acquisition of Ambit Energy
Midstates Petroleum in its merger of equals with Amplify Energy
Astorg in its acquisition of Nemera
Energy Capital Partners in its sale of Wheelabrator Technologies to Macquarie Infrastructure Partners
UGI Corporation in its acquisition of AmeriGas Partners
Charoen Pokphand Foods in its C$498 million acquisition of HyLife
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets in its sale of its interest in Puget Holdings
EQM Midstream Partners in its US$1.03 billion acquisition of Eureka Midstream Holdings and Hornet Midstream Holdings
Hess Corporation in its US$225 million sale of Bakken Water Business
Callaway Golf in its €418 million acquisition of Jack Wolfskin
QEP in its US$735 million sale of Northwest Louisiana natural gas assets
Energy Capital Partners in its sale of ADA Carbon Solutions to Advanced Emissions Solutions
HPS Investment Partners in its US$2.825 billion sale of Waste Industries
Southwestern Energy in the US$1.86 billion sale of its Fayetteville Shale businesses to Flywheel Energy
Waste Connections in its acquisition of Waste Technologies
Siemens in its acquisition of Mendix
Accudyne in its US$1.2 billion sale to Hitachi of assets of Sullair Air Compressor
Waste Connections in its acquisition of Groot Industries
ArcLight Capital Partners in its acquisition of Axeon Specialty Products
Waste Connections in its acquisition of Bay Disposal & Recycling
Riverstone in its US$1.6 billion acquisition of Lucid Energy’s Delaware Basin subsidiary
Shandong Ruyi in its acquisition of Invista’s Apparel & Advanced Textiles business, including the LYCRA® brand
Kayne Anderson in its Altus Midstream joint venture with Apache
D.C. United owner Trinugraha Thohir Sports in the sale of its ownership interest
Rice Midstream Partners’ Conflicts Committee in Rice’s transaction with EQT
Morgan Stanley Infrastructure in its acquisition of subsidiaries of Brazos Midstream
Layne Christensen in its US$565 million acquisition by Granite Construction
Callaway Golf in its US$125.5 million acquisition of TravisMathew
Energy Transfer in the acquisition of its compression business by USA Compression
Nestlé in its acquisition of a majority stake in Blue Bottle Coffee
Impact Biomedicines in its acquisition by Celgene
Siemens in the combination of its Mobility business with Alstom
Israel Chemicals in the US$1 billion sale of its fire safety and oil additives businesses to SK Capital Partners
Weatherford in the sale of its US hydraulic fracturing business to Schlumberger
Energy Capital Partners in its US$17 billion acquisition of Calpine Corporation
Waste Connections in its combination with Progressive Waste Solutions Limited
Warburg Pincus Asia in its acquisition of ARA Asset Management Limited
Odyssey Investment Partners in its sale of Safway Group to Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services
Vistra Energy in its US$350 million acquisition of the Odessa plant from Koch Industries
Ensco in its acquisition of Atwood Oceanics
PennTex Midstream Partners in its US$640 million sale to Energy Transfer Partners
Rice Energy in its US$2.7 billion acquisition of Vantage Energy
Silver Run Acquisition Corporation II in its acquisition of Alta Mesa and Kingfisher Midstream
Siemens in its US$4.5 billion acquisition of Mentor Graphics Corporation
LDiscovery in its acquisition of Kroll Ontrack
VIZIO, Inc. in its US$2.25 billion sale to LeEco
FMC Technologies in its US$13 billion merger of equals with Technip
Alorica in its acquisition of Expert Global Solutions
BC Partners and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) in their sale of a stake in Suddenlink Communications
Johnson Electric in its approximately C$800 million acquisition of Stackpole International
Amphenol in its US$1.275 billion acquisition of FCI Asia Pte Ltd.
Siemens in its US$7.6 billion acquisition of Dresser-Rand
Suburban Propane Partners in its US$1.8 billion acquisition of Inergy Propane
Tervita in the sale of its US subsidiary to Republic Services
Sorin in its US$2.7 billion merger with Cyberonics
ArthroCare in its US$1.7 billion acquisition by Smith & Nephew
Energy Transfer Partners in its US$18 billion combination with Regency Energy Partners
Veyance Technologies in its US$1.9 billion acquisition by Continental AG
GeoEye in its US$900 million acquisition by DigitalGlobe, including DOJ Second Request
Global Crossing in its US$3 billion acquisition by Level 3 Communications, including DOJ Second Request
Quest Software in its US$2.4 billion acquisition by Dell
Genband in its US$282 million acquisition of the carrier VoIP and application solutions business of Nortel Networks
Beckman Coulter in its US$800 million acquisition of the clinical diagnostics business of Olympus Corporation and the US$5.9 billion acquisition by Danaher Corporation
American Medical Systems in its US$2.6 billion acquisition by Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings
Visiogen in its US$400 million acquisition by Abbott Laboratories
Energy Transfer Equity in its US$8.9 billion acquisition of Southern Union Company
Rowan Companies in the US$1.1 billion acquisition of Rowan subsidiary LeTourneau Technologies by Joy Global
K-Sea Transportation Partners in its US$604 million acquisition by Kirby Corporation
Volcom in its US$600 million acquisition by PPR S.A.
Coca-Cola Enterprises in its US$12.3 billion acquisition by The Coca-Cola Company, including negotiation of FTC consent decree
Nestlé U.S.A. and Nestlé Waters N.A. in various acquisitions, including the acquisition of Sweet Leaf Tea Company
World Kitchen in its acquisition of Snapware
Singapore Airlines in a class action defense
Actavis in its US$5 billion acquisition of Warner Chilcott
Medicis in its US$2.6 billion acquisition by Valeant
Safran in its €300 million acquisition of the aerospace electrical power systems business of Goodrich
Energy Transfer Partners in its US$5.3 billion acquisition of Sunoco
One Call Medical in its acquisition of TechHealth
Tomkins in the US$1.1 billion sale of its air distribution division
Effective mid-January 2025, the FTC’s new HSR notification process will significantly increase the time and content required to file M&A notifications under the HSR Act.
Effective mid-January 2025, the FTC’s new HSR notification process will significantly increase the burden and cost of filing M&A notifications under the HSR Act.
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