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Angel Prado
aprado@crowell.com
Angel Prado is a counsel in Crowell & Moring's Los Angeles office, where he practices in the Antitrust & Competition Group. He has extensive experience involving competition investigations by the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and is well versed with the merger review process.
Prior to joining the firm, Angel was an attorney with the FTC Bureau of Competition, where he enforced the federal antitrust laws by investigating proposed mergers and litigating those deemed anticompetitive. During his time at the FTC, Angel participated in some of the agency's highest profile matters, including FTC v. Staples, Inc., FTC v. Ardagh Group S.A., Zillow, Inc./Trulia, Inc., and Reynolds American, Inc./Lorillard, Inc., among others. The FTC awarded Angel the Janet D. Steiger Award for his outstanding contributions as trial counsel on the Staples litigation, including serving as second-chair for two trial witnesses and the development of product market arguments. Angel has experience in a number of industries, including retail, glass, supermarket, hospital, chemical, food, and technology.
During law school, Angel served as a legal extern at the DOJ Criminal Antitrust Division, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York, and the National Economic Council at the White House.
Prior to attending law school, Angel worked in industrial engineering at The Boeing Company on the 747-8 and 787 commercial airplane programs.
Reed College, B.A. economics (2007)
Cornell Law School, J.D. (2012)
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Highlights, News & Knowledge
The Best Lawyers in America 2023 Recognizes 54 Crowell & Moring Attorneys, Three Selected as Lawyer of the Year (August 18, 2022)
Firm News / Announcement
"Antitrust Enforcement in the Biden Administration: Five Things to Watch," Gaming & Leisure (Summer 2021). Authors: Alexis J. Gilman and Angel Prado.
"Antitrust Is Poised For Change: How Far Will It Go?," Competition Policy International (January 12, 2021). Authors: Andrew I. Gavil, and Angel Prado.
"A Partisan Tale: The FTC's Vertical Merger Enforcement Commentary," Antitrust Law Alert (January 6, 2021). Contacts: Alexis J. Gilman, Angel Prado, Olivier N. Antoine, Jeane A. Thomas, CIPP/E, Ryan C. Tisch
Client Alert / Newsletter
Crowell & Moring Elects Nine New Partners and Promotes 18 to Counsel Positions (January 4, 2021)
"United States," Digital Competition 2021, Lexology Getting the Deal Through (2020). Authors: Britton D. Davis, Alexis J. Gilman, Lisa Kimmel, Angel Prado, Jeane A. Thomas, and Drake Morgan.
"House Antitrust Digital Markets Report Proposes Vast Overhaul of Antitrust Law and Enforcement," Antitrust Law Alert (October 9, 2020). Contacts: Jeane A. Thomas, CIPP/E, Alexis J. Gilman, Juan A. Arteaga, Angel Prado, Eric Fanchiang
"Digital Competition Reports and Merger Enforcement," CPI Antitrust Chronicle (December 2019). Authors: Alexis J. Gilman, Akhil Sheth, Angel Prado, and Eric Fanchiang.
"Healthcare Providers and Insurers: FTC Approach to Provider Mergers and Acquisitions," Lexis Practice (April 19, 2019). Authors: Alexis J. Gilman, Joseph M. Miller, and Angel Prado.
Crowell & Moring's Antitrust Group Listed as "Highly Recommended" in Global Competition Review's 19th Annual "GCR 100" (February 22, 2019)
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