Global Competition Counsel, BHP Group
Kirstie is Global Competition Counsel at BHP. Based in Singapore, Kirstie is responsible for the group’s competition law compliance framework and leads the BHP competition law team advising advises clients located across the BHP group on the full range of competition law matters, including merger control, investigations and day to day counselling. Before joining BHP, Kirstie spent over a decade in private practice as a competition law specialist with international law firms in London, Brussels, Shanghai and Singapore, and was among the first European competition lawyers to relocate to China to assist clients with aspects of the developing competition laws in Asia. Her practice has covered all aspects of competition law, including cartels, dominance, mergers and appeals to the European Courts. Kirstie was also a founding partner of Landmark Asia in Singapore, a boutique public affairs consultancy assisting clients with regulation and policy throughout the APAC region.
Former Senior Director, Antitrust & Competition, Cisco
Gil Ohana is former Senior Director, Antitrust and Competition for Cisco, the leading manufacturer of networking equipment for the Internet. Gil writes and speaks regularly on antitrust and intellectual property issues relating to standard-essential patents in the areas of wired and wireless networking and communications. He has participated indiscussions of standards development organization IPR policies at leading standards development organizations such as ANSI, ETSI, IEEE-SA, ITU-T, IETF, and OneM2m, and has advised on the formation and operation of numerous informal standards development organizations active in IoT and patent pools.
From 1993 through 1996, Gil was a trial attorney with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he participated in the Division's investigation of Microsoft's software licensing practices and its successful court challenge to Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Intuit.
Gil received his law degree from Columbia University, where he was articles editor of the Columbia Law Review, and his B.A. from Harvard College. He is admitted to the bars of California and the District of Columbia.
Senior Counsel for International Competition Affairs, Deutsche Telekom AG
Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Christopher M. Wilson is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Practice Group.
Mr. Wilson assists clients in navigating DOJ, FTC, and international competition authority investigations as well as private party litigation involving complex antitrust and consumer protection issues, including matters implicating the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the FTC Act, the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) merger review process, as well as international and state competition statutes. His experience crosses multiple industries, including health insurance, transportation, telecommunications, technology, energy, agriculture, and biotechnology, and his particular areas of focus include merger enforcement, interlocking directorates, joint ventures, compliance programs, and employee “no-poach” agreements. He is also well-versed in cross-border investigations involving the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, Japan, Korea, and Saudi Arabia, among other jurisdictions.
Mr. Wilson is also active in the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association, serving as Vice Chair of the Transportation & Energy Industries Committee. He is also a member of the Section’s Health Care and Pharmaceuticals Committee, and is a frequent participant in ABA webcasts and presentations.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Wilson was a trial attorney in the Transportation, Energy & Agriculture Section of the U.S. Department of Justice – Antitrust Division. During his tenure, Mr. Wilson played a prominent role in numerous high-profile matters, and he received the Antitrust Division’s Award of Distinction on two separate occasions. Before joining the Department of Justice, Mr. Wilson was an associate in Gibson Dunn’s Dallas office.
He is a graduate of Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar, and was an editor on the Columbia Business Law Review. He holds a B.A. in Economics from New York University.
Mr. Wilson is admitted to practice in California, Texas, and the District of Columbia.
Global Competition Counsel, BHP Group
Kirstie is Global Competition Counsel at BHP. Based in Singapore, Kirstie is responsible for the group’s competition law compliance framework and leads the BHP competition law team advising advises clients located across the BHP group on the full range of competition law matters, including merger control, investigations and day to day counselling. Before joining BHP, Kirstie spent over a decade in private practice as a competition law specialist with international law firms in London, Brussels, Shanghai and Singapore, and was among the first European competition lawyers to relocate to China to assist clients with aspects of the developing competition laws in Asia. Her practice has covered all aspects of competition law, including cartels, dominance, mergers and appeals to the European Courts. Kirstie was also a founding partner of Landmark Asia in Singapore, a boutique public affairs consultancy assisting clients with regulation and policy throughout the APAC region.
Former Senior Director, Antitrust & Competition, Cisco
Gil Ohana is former Senior Director, Antitrust and Competition for Cisco, the leading manufacturer of networking equipment for the Internet. Gil writes and speaks regularly on antitrust and intellectual property issues relating to standard-essential patents in the areas of wired and wireless networking and communications. He has participated indiscussions of standards development organization IPR policies at leading standards development organizations such as ANSI, ETSI, IEEE-SA, ITU-T, IETF, and OneM2m, and has advised on the formation and operation of numerous informal standards development organizations active in IoT and patent pools.
From 1993 through 1996, Gil was a trial attorney with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he participated in the Division's investigation of Microsoft's software licensing practices and its successful court challenge to Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Intuit.
Gil received his law degree from Columbia University, where he was articles editor of the Columbia Law Review, and his B.A. from Harvard College. He is admitted to the bars of California and the District of Columbia.
Senior Counsel for International Competition Affairs, Deutsche Telekom AG
Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Christopher M. Wilson is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Practice Group.
Mr. Wilson assists clients in navigating DOJ, FTC, and international competition authority investigations as well as private party litigation involving complex antitrust and consumer protection issues, including matters implicating the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the FTC Act, the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) merger review process, as well as international and state competition statutes. His experience crosses multiple industries, including health insurance, transportation, telecommunications, technology, energy, agriculture, and biotechnology, and his particular areas of focus include merger enforcement, interlocking directorates, joint ventures, compliance programs, and employee “no-poach” agreements. He is also well-versed in cross-border investigations involving the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, Japan, Korea, and Saudi Arabia, among other jurisdictions.
Mr. Wilson is also active in the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association, serving as Vice Chair of the Transportation & Energy Industries Committee. He is also a member of the Section’s Health Care and Pharmaceuticals Committee, and is a frequent participant in ABA webcasts and presentations.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Wilson was a trial attorney in the Transportation, Energy & Agriculture Section of the U.S. Department of Justice – Antitrust Division. During his tenure, Mr. Wilson played a prominent role in numerous high-profile matters, and he received the Antitrust Division’s Award of Distinction on two separate occasions. Before joining the Department of Justice, Mr. Wilson was an associate in Gibson Dunn’s Dallas office.
He is a graduate of Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar, and was an editor on the Columbia Business Law Review. He holds a B.A. in Economics from New York University.
Mr. Wilson is admitted to practice in California, Texas, and the District of Columbia.
Global Competition Counsel, BHP Group
Kirstie is Global Competition Counsel at BHP. Based in Singapore, Kirstie is responsible for the group’s competition law compliance framework and leads the BHP competition law team advising advises clients located across the BHP group on the full range of competition law matters, including merger control, investigations and day to day counselling. Before joining BHP, Kirstie spent over a decade in private practice as a competition law specialist with international law firms in London, Brussels, Shanghai and Singapore, and was among the first European competition lawyers to relocate to China to assist clients with aspects of the developing competition laws in Asia. Her practice has covered all aspects of competition law, including cartels, dominance, mergers and appeals to the European Courts. Kirstie was also a founding partner of Landmark Asia in Singapore, a boutique public affairs consultancy assisting clients with regulation and policy throughout the APAC region.
Former Senior Director, Antitrust & Competition, Cisco
Gil Ohana is former Senior Director, Antitrust and Competition for Cisco, the leading manufacturer of networking equipment for the Internet. Gil writes and speaks regularly on antitrust and intellectual property issues relating to standard-essential patents in the areas of wired and wireless networking and communications. He has participated indiscussions of standards development organization IPR policies at leading standards development organizations such as ANSI, ETSI, IEEE-SA, ITU-T, IETF, and OneM2m, and has advised on the formation and operation of numerous informal standards development organizations active in IoT and patent pools.
From 1993 through 1996, Gil was a trial attorney with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he participated in the Division's investigation of Microsoft's software licensing practices and its successful court challenge to Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Intuit.
Gil received his law degree from Columbia University, where he was articles editor of the Columbia Law Review, and his B.A. from Harvard College. He is admitted to the bars of California and the District of Columbia.
Senior Counsel for International Competition Affairs, Deutsche Telekom AG
Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Christopher M. Wilson is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Practice Group.
Mr. Wilson assists clients in navigating DOJ, FTC, and international competition authority investigations as well as private party litigation involving complex antitrust and consumer protection issues, including matters implicating the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the FTC Act, the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) merger review process, as well as international and state competition statutes. His experience crosses multiple industries, including health insurance, transportation, telecommunications, technology, energy, agriculture, and biotechnology, and his particular areas of focus include merger enforcement, interlocking directorates, joint ventures, compliance programs, and employee “no-poach” agreements. He is also well-versed in cross-border investigations involving the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, Japan, Korea, and Saudi Arabia, among other jurisdictions.
Mr. Wilson is also active in the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association, serving as Vice Chair of the Transportation & Energy Industries Committee. He is also a member of the Section’s Health Care and Pharmaceuticals Committee, and is a frequent participant in ABA webcasts and presentations.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Wilson was a trial attorney in the Transportation, Energy & Agriculture Section of the U.S. Department of Justice – Antitrust Division. During his tenure, Mr. Wilson played a prominent role in numerous high-profile matters, and he received the Antitrust Division’s Award of Distinction on two separate occasions. Before joining the Department of Justice, Mr. Wilson was an associate in Gibson Dunn’s Dallas office.
He is a graduate of Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar, and was an editor on the Columbia Business Law Review. He holds a B.A. in Economics from New York University.
Mr. Wilson is admitted to practice in California, Texas, and the District of Columbia.
Proposed Changes to the HSR Merger Filing Process: In-House Counsel View
Kirstie Nicholson, Gil Ohana, Roman Reuter, Chris Wilson
The U.S. antitrust agencies have recently proposed changes to the HSR merger filing process, broadening...
Proposed Changes to the HSR Merger Filing Process: In-House Counsel View
Kirstie Nicholson, Gil Ohana, Roman Reuter, Chris Wilson
The U.S. antitrust agencies have recently proposed changes to the HSR merger filing process, broadening...
Proposed Changes to the HSR Merger Filing Process: In-House Counsel View