Tim Engel is a partner in King & Spalding’s Litigation & Antitrust and Energy Practice Groups in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Engel’s practice focuses on antitrust and complex commercial litigation as well as energy regulatory matters. He has represented clients across numerous industries in class actions, multidistrict and civil litigation involving allegations of price fixing, price discrimination, monopolization, market manipulation, unfair trade practices, patent misuse, breach of contract, fraud and RICO. He has presented seminars on antitrust compliance matters and has represented clients in merger investigations before the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission.

Mr. Engel’s energy experience includes representing oil and gas clients in cases ranging from upstream royalty disputes under the False Claims Act to downstream refined product pricing disputes under the antitrust laws. He has expertise in mineral resources regulations and regularly represents clients before the Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service and Bureau of Land Management. He represents clients in the natural gas and electric power industries involving allegations of market manipulation, including investigations by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the DOJ Antitrust Division. He has provided antitrust counseling to electric power clients and associations and has represented numerous nuclear plant owners in cases involving plant equipment replacement costs.

Mr. Engel received his B.A. in Economics from Georgetown University in 1978 and his J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, from Syracuse University in 1981. He served as Associate Editor of the Syracuse University School of Law Law Review in 1980-81. Prior to joining King & Spalding, Mr. Engel was with Howrey L.L.P. for twenty-five years where he was a partner in its antitrust group. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.

Representative Experience

Representative Engagements

• Chevron Corporation and Texaco Inc.—Oil and natural gas royalty investigations and administrative litigation involving the Minerals Management Service, Interior Board of Land Appeals, Inspector General and other entities;
  
  
• Chevron Corporation and Texaco Inc.—Numerous cases under the False Claims Act and related multidistrict litigation;
  
  
• The Home Depot—Federal Trade Commission and state consumer regulatory matters;
  
  
• The Coca-Cola Company—Contract and fraud litigation in state and federal courts and related international litigation;
  
  
• Texaco Inc.—Numerous federal and state antitrust matters involving gasoline and other refined product pricing and distribution;
  
  
• Multiple electric generating companies—Antitrust advice regarding electric power and capacity bidding markets;
  
  
• Duke Energy—Commercial litigation involving replacement costs for nuclear plant equipment.
  
  
• Electric Power Supply Association—Antitrust counseling

• Antitrust civil litigation and federal and state government investigations involving allegations of price fixing and monopolization involving energy, defense, consumer products, retail, cement, paper, agricultural, electronics and numerous other industries;
  
  
• Market manipulation matters on behalf of natural gas and electric power trading entities;
  
  
• Patent litigation involving misuse and antitrust defenses on behalf of owners of electronics, consumer products and other technology;
  
  
• Breach of contract, fraud and RICO litigation on behalf of numerous electric power utility clients;
  
  
• Antitrust counsel to trade associations and industry membership groups.

Recent Publications

• Client Alert: “FTC’s Guide to Complying with Petroleum Market Manipulation Regulations” (November 2009)
  
  
• Client Alert: “Recent Developments in the False Claims Act/Qui Tam Field” (June 2009)
  
  
• “FERC Considers Market Manipulation”, Oil & Gas Financial Journal (March 2008)

• King & Spalding to Host Energy Forum (Aug 2009)