Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce that Ernest Eric Elmore has joined the firm’s global Antitrust & Competition Practice as Of Counsel following a career spanning more than three decades at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), where he most recently served as Senior Antitrust Counsel.
Mr. Elmore brings extensive experience advising on antitrust enforcement, merger review, and competition policy matters. At the FTC, he played a significant role in investigations and matters involving a wide range of industries, including technology, healthcare, energy, and manufacturing. His experience includes leading merger investigations and litigation, negotiating structural and behavioral remedies in complex transactions, and working closely with competition authorities in the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan and South Korea on cross-border merger reviews and related antitrust matters.
In addition to his long-standing service at the FTC, Mr. Elmore also served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, where he handled more than 30 bench and jury trials, including assault, narcotics, and intellectual property cases.
“Eric is widely respected within the antitrust bar, and his experience and perspective will be a great addition to our growing practice,” said the firm’s U.S. Antitrust & Competition Practice Group Leader Michael Wise. “During his more than three decades at the FTC, he played a key role in shaping the agency’s approach to complex antitrust issues, including investigations, merger enforcement and competition policy. His judgment, insight and deep understanding of the antitrust landscape, along with his deep connections across the antitrust bar, will be of immense value to Squire’s clients.”
Mr. Elmore commented on his move to the firm, adding: “I am thrilled to join Squire Patton Boggs and its highly regarded Antitrust & Competition Practice. Businesses are operating in an environment of heightened antitrust scrutiny, making experienced counsel more important than ever. Having spent my career at the FTC, I look forward to bringing an enforcer's perspective to clients as they navigate investigations, transactions and other complex competition matters.”
His addition follows the recent arrival of civil and criminal antitrust partner and expert Lauren Briggerman.