Richard J. Jamgochian

Rick Jamgochian, Senior Counsel in Simpson Thacher’s New York office and a member of the Firm’s Litigation Department, focuses on all aspects of antitrust law, with a particular focus on counseling clients through the antitrust merger review process. His practice includes counseling clients in connection with merger enforcement, criminal cartel investigations, private antitrust litigation, and compliance matters. Rick frequently represents clients in merger reviews before the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission, and in connection with cross-border transactions. He has worked on antitrust matters for a wide range of clients including KKR, Blackstone, Stone Point Capital, Tradeweb and U.S. Bank.

Rick’s recent work highlights include:

Financial Services

• Refinitiv in its $27 billion sale to London Stock Exchange Group
• First Data in its $22 billion merger with Fiserv
• Tradeweb in its acquisition of NASDAQ Fixed Income
• TCF Bank in its $22 billion merger with Huntington Bank
• U.S. Bancorp in its $8 billion acquisition of MUFG Union Bank
• KeyCorp in its $4.1 billion acquisition of First Niagara Financial Group
• TD Bank in its proposed $13.4 billion acquisition of First Horizon
• USAA in the sale of its wealth management and brokerage business to Charles Schwab, and the sale of its asset management business to Victory Capital
• IBERIABANK’s $3.9 billion merger with First Horizon

Real Estate/Hospitality

• The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in its acquisition by MGM Resorts International
• Invitation Homes in its $20 billion merger with Starwood Waypoint Homes
• Blackstone in its $6 billion acquisition of Extended Stay America
• Apple Leisure Group in its $2.7 billion sale to Hyatt Hotels
• Extended Stay America in its acquisition of hospitality properties for $1.5 billion

Healthcare

• Blackstone, Carlyle and Hellman & Friedman in a majority investment in Medline Industries
• Global Medical Response in its $2.4 billion acquisition of American Medical Response
• PharMerica Corporation in its acquisition of BrightSpring Health Services
• Capsugel in its sale to Lonza for $5.5 billion
• EQT and Goldman Sachs in their $8.5 billion acquisition of Parexel

Consumer/Retail

• ADT in its merger with Protection 1 in a transaction valued at $15 billion
• PetSmart in its $3.35 billion acquisition of Chewy
• Blue Buffalo Pet Products in its $8 billion sale to General Mills
• Krispy Kreme Doughnuts in its $1.35 billion sale to JAB

Technology/Defense/Industrial

• L3Harris Technologies in its $4.7 billion acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne
• NXP Semiconductors in its $11.8 billion acquisition of Freescale Semiconductor
• Gerdau S.A. in its sale of rebar steel mills to Commercial Metals Company
• L3 Technologies in its $33.5 billion merger with Harris Corporation
• A consortium led by Blackstone in the acquisition of a majority stake in Emerson Electric’s Climate Technologies business (Copeland) for $14 billion
• Ferro Corporation in its $2.1 billion sale to Prince International Corporation
• Buckeye Partners in its $435 million acquisition from Magellan Midstream Partners
• MB Aerospace in its $740 million sale to Barnes
• Aricent in its $2 billion sale to Altran
• Yageo Corporation in its $1.8 billion acquisition of KEMET Corporation

Litigation and Investigations

• A Japanese auto parts supplier in criminal and civil cartel actions
• Warner/Chappell Music in connection with the DOJ’s review of potential modifications to antitrust consent decrees with performing rights organizations

Rick received his J.D., cum laude, from Cornell Law School, where he was Managing Editor of the Cornell International Law Journal, and an LL.M. in International and Comparative Law, cum laude, also from Cornell Law School. He received his B.A., cum laude, from Middlebury College. Prior to law school, Rick was a paralegal at the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, where he worked on merger investigations in the technology and financial services industries. He is admitted to practice in New York, Massachusetts and before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.