Profile: Terry Calvani

Competition

Biography: Competition

Terry Calvani was commissioner of the US Federal Trade Commission (1983 to 1990) and acting chairman during 1985 and 1986. From 1990 until 2002 he was a partner in the antitrust practice group of Pillsbury Winthrop. From 2002 until June 2005, he was a member of the board of the Irish Competition Authority and director of the criminal cartels division. He also held the mergers portfolio during 2003. Terry joined Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's US antitrust, competition and trade (ACT) practice in June 2005 and is based in the Washington, DC office.

Following his graduation from Cornell Law School, where he was articles editor of the Law Review, he practised with the Pillsbury firm. From 1974 to 1983, Terry was professor of law at Vanderbilt School of Law. More recently, he has taught antitrust law at Duke University School of Law (2000), the Harvard Law School (1998 to 2001), Trinity College, Dublin (2004 to 2005) and Cornell Law School (2006).

Terry is the author of a book and numerous articles and has lectured extensively on antitrust issues. He has served as chairman of several ABA antitrust section committees and on its governing council. He is also a member of the American Law Institute, the advisory board of the Antitrust Bulletin, and has been a member of the Administrative Conference of the United States.

While in private practice, Terry has worked on antitrust merger reviews in a large number of industries. He has participated in antitrust investigations (including major grand jury proceedings) in many industries by both federal and foreign authorities. He is actively engaged in the defense of private antitrust actions.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is a leading international law firm with a network of 26 offices across Europe, the US, Asia and the Middle East providing a full range of legal services worldwide. Members of the firm's 250-strong ACT group are based in Amsterdam, Beijing, Berlin, Bratislava, Brussels, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Hong Kong, London, Madrid, Moscow, Paris, Rome, Shanghai, Tokyo, Vienna and Washington, DC.