Renata Hesse

Partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Renata Hesse is co-head of the Firm’s Antitrust Group. Her practice focuses on antitrust counseling, cartels and merger clearance. Ms. Hesse is frequently recognized as a leading and influential antitrust lawyer, with a particular emphasis on the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property matters in high-tech industries. She currently is the International Officer of the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Section and is a frequent speaker at antitrust and legal forums.

Ms. Hesse counsels some of the world’s biggest companies on a range of high-stakes antitrust matters. Most recently, she advised:

• Merck KGaA on its $6.5 billion acquisition of Versum Materials;
• Novartis in its $9.7 billion acquisition of The Medicines Company;
• Tiffany & Co. in its pending acquisition by LVMH Moet Hennessy – Louis Vuitton SE for approximately $16.2 billion;
• Amgen on its $167 million acquisition of Nuevolution;
• Amgen in its $13.4 billion acquisition of Otezla from Celgene;
• Tenaris S.A. in its $1.2 billion acquisition of IPSCO Tubulars, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of PAO TMK, a Russian company;
• Fiserv, Inc. in its $22 billion acquisition of First Data Corporation;
• Praxair, Inc. in its $80 billion merger of equals with Linde AG;
• Amazon on its $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods Market.