Anjelica Sarmiento

Anjelica Sarmiento represents clients in complex antitrust investigations, merger reviews, and competition litigation. She brings to her practice extensive experience from the federal judiciary and the Federal Trade Commission, offering clients a practical understanding of how enforcement agencies evaluate transactions and conduct litigation and how courts preside over these matters.

Anjelica’s practice focuses on advising companies in merger and non-merger investigations before the FTC and DOJ, assessing antitrust risk in strategic transactions, and developing compliance strategies. She counsels clients across industries including pharmaceuticals, healthcare, technology, and consumer goods.

Before joining King & Spalding, Anjelica served as a Staff Attorney in the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition, Mergers I Division, where she investigated and litigated mergers involving major national and global companies. She was a member of the FTC teams that challenged the Kroger/Albertsons, IQVIA/Propel Media, and Amgen/Horizon transactions. In those matters, she conducted investigational hearings and depositions, coordinated expert discovery, and collaborated with economists and industry experts in developing litigation strategy and economic evidence.

Anjelica also clerked for the Honorable John Z. Lee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the Honorable Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and the Honorable James L. Cott of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Earlier in her career, she was an associate in the intellectual property litigation group at a global law firm in New York, where she represented clients in trademark, copyright, and trade dress disputes.

Anjelica’s combined experience in government, the judiciary, and private practice enables her to provide clients with informed and strategic counsel in navigating the intersection of enforcement, litigation, and business objectives.