Kerry C. Jones

Kerry C. Jones
Partner

2100 L Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20037

kerryjones@mofo.com

(202) 887-6944

BAR ADMISSIONS

Virginia

District of Columbia

EDUCATION

Yale University, B.A.

University of Virginia School of Law, J.D.

Kerry Jones is a Partner in the Litigation Department of Morrison Foerster’s Washington, D.C. office with a focus on antitrust matters. Her practice includes supporting clients across the spectrum of antitrust and competition law matters, such as strategic counseling to manage antitrust risks, Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification filings, gun jumping and merger clearance advocacy, internal investigations, and antitrust litigation. Kerry has experience representing clients across a variety of industries, including telecommunications, semiconductors and other high technology markets, online platforms, transportation, financial services and life sciences. She has experience representing domestic and multinational companies in federal courts.

Kerry received her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she served on the editorial board of the Virginia Journal of Law and Politics. Kerry is admitted to practice in Virginia and Washington, D.C.

Representative Experience

Kerry has supported clients in all phases of the antitrust review process including:

  • Sprint Corp. and SoftBank Group, the controlling shareholder of Sprint, in the landmark $59 billion merger of Sprint and T-Mobile US, Inc. The deal is one of the largest telecommunications deals in history.
  • SoftBank Group in its $4.4 billion investment in WeWork, and later its $10 billion investment in the company
  • SoftBank Group (in the two largest private tender offers in history) in its $7.7 billion investment in Uber
  • Sekisui House in its $4.9 billion acquisition of M.D.C. Holdings
  • Unity Software in its $4.4 billion acquisition of ironSource
  • Mobileye in its $15.3 billion acquisition by Intel
  • Axalta Coating Systems in its purchase of assets divested in connection with the Federal Trade Commission's review of an acquisition in its industry
  • Boyd Gaming Corporation in its acquisition of three casinos and in its purchase of assets divested in connection with the Federal Trade Commission’s review of an acquisition in its industry
  • ON Semiconductor in its $2.5 billion acquisition of Fairchild Semiconductor

Rankings

Legal 500 Recommended for Antitrust

Merger Control 2019

"Ones to Watch" for Antitrust Law

Best Lawyers in America, 2024

"Ones to Watch" for Commercial Litigation

Best Lawyers in America, 2024