washington member president donald trump transition team makan delrahim nominate head u.s. justice department antitrust division white house say monday delrahim expect move justice department finish white house counsel office work steer supreme court nominee neil gorsuch senate confirmation process senate must vote confirm delrahim nomination formalize propose chief antitrust division delrahim would review corporate mergers time many investors corporate executives anticipate relax view deal-making years tough oversight administration former president barack obama antitrust experts follow delrahim career say come merger approvals would follow footsteps former boss hewitt pate assistant attorney general antitrust 2003 2005. delrahim pate deputy specialize international antitrust pate division criticize allow many deal sue stop us airways merge unite airlines block deal combine directv echostar try fail stop oracle corp buy peoplesoft know makan delrahim smart energetic expert antitrust certainly pushover say seth bloom former general counsel senate antitrust subcommittee know delrahim work capitol hill reuters first exclusively report march 17 delrahim expect nominate head justice department antitrust division confirm delrahim would oversee justice department assessment inc plan buy time warner inc owner hbo warner brothers news network cnn department review number major transactions seed agricultural chemicals like mergers dow chemical co dupont bayer monsanto propose deal along chemchina purchase syngenta would consolidate six agricultural chemical company three.before go work white house trump inauguration january delrahim lobbyist law firm brownstein hyatt farber schreck llp one client 2016 health insurer anthem inc year lose court fight justice department whether would allow merge cigna anthem appeal loss delrahim nominate head u.s. justice department 's antitrust division