Paul Denis
Paul Denis is a retired partner from Dechert’s Washington, D.C. office and the former deputy chair of the firm’s Global Litigation Practice Group. His practice focused on mergers and other business combinations under antitrust scrutiny.
While serving in the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) Antitrust Division, he was the principal draftsman of the DOJ and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) 1992 Horizontal Merger Guidelines, which served as the foundation for merger guidelines around the world.
Denis holds a master's in economics and a JD from the University of Michigan.
Paul Denis
Aug 02, 2013
Deterrence ought to be an important objective of enforcement policy. Some might argue it should be THE objective. But it is difficult to know what is being deterred by a law if the agency enforcing the law cannot or will not explain its boundaries. Commissioner Wright’s call for a policy statement on the scope of ... Paul Denis on Implementing a Policy Statement on UMC
