Kenneth P. Ewing

Partner

1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington DC 20036
TEL: 202.429.6264
FAX: 202.429.3902

Kenneth P. Ewing is a partner in the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where he is a member of the Regulatory & Industry Affairs Department. Mr. Ewing is the Team Leader of the firm's antitrust practice.

Antitrust
Mr. Ewing advises clients in a variety of industries regarding the antitrust laws of the United States and the European Union. He regularly advises US and foreign clients about the antitrust implications of proposed mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic alliances, often working closely with colleagues in Steptoe’s Brussels office. Mr. Ewing regularly counsels clients about other kinds of business initiatives such as long-term, exclusive or reciprocal supply or distribution arrangements, responses to industry de-regulation, and antitrust compliance programs. He also handles defenses of US and multi-jurisdicational cartel investigations and civil damages suits, as well as civil investigations by the Federal Trade Commission and US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, and administrative litigation regarding mergers in regulated industries. Mr. Ewing’s practice has given him substantial experience in industries as diverse as air transportation, pharmaceuticals, various industrial chemicals, travel reservation systems, ocean cruises, express package delivery services, gas and oil pipelines, medical equipment, construction equipment, telecommunications, and electricity.

Mr Ewing is active in the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association, having held leadership positions on its Books & Treatises Committee, the editorial board for the flagship treatise Antitrust Law Developments (6th), and the Mergers & Acquisitions Committee. Mr Ewing also serves on the Board of Directors and as Secretary of the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Ewing is a member of the International Competition Network's group of US advisors.

Prior to joining Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Mr. Ewing worked as a Visiting Foreign Associate in the Düsseldorf office of the German law firm Bruckhaus Westrick Stegemann, where he helped advise German, French and US clients about German and European Union antitrust laws regarding joint ventures, mergers and licensing agreements. He is fluent in German and reads French.

Public International Law
Mr. Ewing has helped prepare opinion letters regarding the issues of national sovereignty and statehood under international law. He has also assisted in preparing an analysis for the American Bar Association of the structure and powers of the International Tribunal to Adjudicate War Crimes in the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

During 1996, Mr. Ewing worked as a Law Fellow in the Washington, DC office of IUCN-The World Conservation Union, advising on the effects of international trade rules on international and national environmental conservation policies, with particular emphasis on recent developments in the World Trade Organization.

Mr. Ewing currently serves on the Board of Directors and as Secretary of the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs.

Noteworthy

Listed in Who's Who Legal for Competition Law in 2008 and several prior years
Listed in Washington, DC, Super Lawyers 2007 for Antitrust Litigation

Representative Matters

Ernest Groseclose & Sons, Inc. v. Dean Foods Company, No. 2:08-CV-53 (E.D. Tenn.): Counsel to defendant Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Association, Inc.
In re Air Cargo Shipping Services Antitrust Litigation, MDL-1775 (E.D.N.Y.): Counsel to Japan Airlines
In re Transpacific Passenger Air Transportation Antitrust Litigation, MDL-1912 (N.D. Cal.): Counsel to Japan Airlines

Success Stories

Steptoe Advises Stratos on Xantic Acquisition

News

Publications

US Merger Control: The FTC Goes to Court
An extract from The Antitrust Review of the Americas 2008, a Global Competition Review special report - www.GlobalCompetitionReview.com
2008
Barbarians At The Gate?
May 2, 2007
Private Anti-Trust Remedies under US Law
January 19, 2007, PLC Cross-Border Competition Handbook 2006/07 Vol 1
Higher Thresholds and New Rules for Unincorporated Entities
October 17, 2006, An extract from The Antitrust Review of the Americas 2007, a Global Competition Review special report
Briefing Note: The Spitzer Investigation
2004
Merger Control
International Comparative Legal Guide
September 30, 2004, Global Legal Group
Antitrust & Competition Update
May 10, 2002
Recent Developments in EU and US Merger Remedies
2000, Global Counsel Competition Law Handbook 2004/05

American Bar Association, Sections of Antitrust and International Law and Practice
US Advisor, International Competition Network
Maryland Bar Association

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