Jonathan Gowdy is a trusted advisor and effective litigator for clients in a broad range of industries. Mr. Gowdy has substantial experience providing strategic advice to clients involved in mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, license agreements, and other commercial activities that raise complex antitrust issues. While working in Washington, D.C. and Brussels, he has successfully resolved numerous US, EU, and international antitrust agency investigations, and when necessary, effectively litigated on behalf of clients before US courts. Mr. Gowdy also regularly advises clients on implementing and maintaining compliance policies and programs.
Mr. Gowdy has secured antitrust clearances from US and international antitrust agencies for hundreds of transactions. He counsels clients on merger notification requirements and regularly represents parties subject to in-depth agency investigations and competition law issues relating to pricing practices, standard setting activities, distribution or marketing arrangements, and competitor collaborations.
Mr. Gowdy has developed a strong understanding of the business and regulatory issues facing clients across a range of industries, including agriculture, computing, communications, consumer product, Internet services, industrial, life sciences, semiconductor, software, storage products and manufacturing equipment; and telecommunications equipment and services. Based on his prior in-house counsel experience at a venture firm managing an investment fund and providing consulting services to early-stage technology companies, Mr. Gowdy understands the value clients place on receiving practical, timely, and cost-efficient advice.
Mr. Gowdy is recommended by Legal 500 U.S. in the area of Antitrust: Merger Control and currently serves on the International Committee of the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association. During law school, Mr. Gowdy worked at the Antitrust Division at the U.S. Department of Justice. He also served as Managing Editor of the Florida Law Review, and was elected to the Order of the Coif. Mr. Gowdy attended Duke University and received an athletic scholarship to play on the men’s soccer team. He is a volunteer member of the US Soccer Foundation's DC Leadership Council and an Age Group Commissioner for the Arlington Soccer Association.
Deere & Co./Precision Planting.Represented Deere & Company in the U.S. Department of Justice litigation relating to its proposed acquisition of Precision Planting LLC's equipment business.
Pinnacle Entertainment/Gaming Leisure Properties, Inc.Represented Pinnacle Entertainment in the antitrust aspects of Gaming Leisure Properties Inc.’s proposed $4.75 billion acquisition of Pinnacle’s real estate assets.
Intel/Lantiq Semiconductor.Represented Intel in obtaining international antitrust approvals for its acquisition of Lantiq, a leading supplier of broadband access and home networking technologies.
Fujitsu/Panasonic/Development Bank of JapanRepresented parties in obtaining antitrust approvals for the establishment of Socionext Inc., a joint venture company that integrated Fujitsu’s and Panasonic’s system LSI semiconductor businesses.
Intel/Tsinghua Unigroup.Represented Intel in its $1.5 billion investment in Tsinghua Unigroup’s semiconductor business.
Pinnacle Entertainment/Ameristar Casinos.Represented Pinnacle in its proposed $2.8 billion acquisition of Ameristar Casinos.
Sourcefire/Cisco.Represented Sourcefire, Inc., a leader in intelligent cybersecurity solutions, in its $2.7 billion acquisition by Cisco Systems, Inc.
McAfee/Stonesoft.Represented McAfee, Inc., a subsidiary of Intel Corporation, in its $389 million acquisition of Stonesoft Corporation, a publicly traded Finnish company that provides next-generation network firewall and network security solutions.
Intel/ST-Ericsson.Represented Intel in the acquisition of the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) business unit of ST-Ericsson NV.
Intel/ASML.Represented Intel in its research and development-funding and equity-investment agreements with ASML, a Dutch chip manufacturer, totaling $4.1 billion.
Fujitsu/Panasonic/Development Bank of Japan.Represented parties in obtaining antitrust approvals for the establishment of Socionext Inc., a joint venture company that integrated Fujitsu’s and Panasonic’s system LSI semiconductor businesses.
Intel/InterDigital.Represented Intel in its acquisition of 1,700 patents and patent applications related to 3G, LTE, and 802.11 wireless technologies from wireless-technology developer InterDigital for $375 million.
Intel/Motorola Mobility.Represented Intel in its acquisitions of patents and wireless technologies from Motorola Mobility.
Toshiba Tec Corporation/IBM.Represented Toshiba Tec in its $850 million acquisition of IBM’s Retail Store Solutions business.
Western Digital/Hitachi GST.Represented Hitachi Ltd. in its $4.8 billion sale of Hitachi GST to Western Digital.
Southwest/AirTranRepresented AirTran Holdings, Inc. before the US Department of Justice in connection with Southwest Airlines Co.’s proposed $1.4 billion acquisition of AirTran.
Lam Research/Novellus SystemsRepresented Novellus in a $3.3 billion merger agreement with Lam Research Corp.
Intel/InfineonRepresented Intel Corporation in the multi-jurisdictional antitrust review of its $1.4 billion acquisition of Infineon AG’s wireless solutions business.
Toshiba/FujitsuRepresented both Toshiba Corporation and Fujitsu Limited in connection with the multi-jurisdictional antitrust review of Toshiba's $334 million acquisition of Fujitsu's hard disk drive business.
FDK/Sanyo ElectricRepresented FDK before the European Commission and Federal Trade Commission in connection with its acquisition of battery businesses that Sanyo Electric Co. was required to divest to complete its merger with Panasonic Corporation.
Kenwood/JVCRepresented Kenwood and JVC in the international antitrust aspects of their business integration under a new joint holding company, JVC Kenwood Holdings.
Ricoh/IKON Office SolutionsRepresented Ricoh Company, Ltd., Japan's second-largest maker of office machines, in its $2.4 billion acquisition of IKON Office Solutions, Inc., the world's largest independent channel for document management systems.
Genentech/TanoxRepresented Tanox Inc. before the Federal Trade Commission in its $919-million acquisition by Genentech.
Allergan/InamedRepresented Inamed Corporation in connection with its $3.2 billion merger with Allergan and consent decree with the Federal Trade Commission.
Hewlett-Packard/Mercury InteractiveRepresented Mercury Interactive Corporation before Department of Justice and European Commission in its $4.5 billion acquisition by Hewlett-Packard Company.
Oracle/PeopleSoftRepresented Oracle Corporation before the Department of Justice and European Commission in its $10.3 billion tender offer for PeopleSoft.
Hitachi/IBM Represented Hitachi, Ltd. in its $2 billion acquisition of IBM's hard disk drive business, and in the formation of HGST, one of the world's three largest HDD manufacturers.
Del Monte's Acquisition of Milk Bone.Advised Del Monte Foods in connection with its $580-million acquisition of Kraft's Milk-Bone dog snack business.
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