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Norman
Armstrong, Jr.
(Norm)

Washington, D.C.: +1 202 626 8979
narmstrong@kslaw.com

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Norm Armstrong co-chairs the firm’s global Antitrust Practice Group. His practice focuses on antitrust litigation, complex transactions, antitrust counseling, and government civil and criminal investigations. Norm represents foreign and domestic clients in a wide range of antitrust matters, as well as consumer protection issues such as false advertising and data privacy.

As a former Deputy Director of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Bureau of Competition, Norm has broad experience with antitrust matters. At the FTC, he led three divisions that investigated mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and anticompetitive conduct in an array of industries. These included casinos, chemicals, consumer goods, entertainment, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, retail and technology. Norm also supervised all oil and gas investigations, served as co-chair of the President’s Oil and Price Fraud Working Group, and briefed members of Congress on related issues.

Norm co-chairs the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association’s Mergers and Acquisitions Committee. In addition, he is a frequent lecturer on a wide range of antitrust and litigation topics.

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Credentials

J.D., Howard University School of Law

B.A., University of Virginia

District of Columbia

Maryland

07.31.2019

Speaking Engagement

Norm Armstrong, James Griffin, Brian Meiners, Mary Longenbaker to Speak at ABA Antitrust Section Program About New DOJ Policy

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News

In the News · Source: Law360 and Bloomberg Law

June 17, 2019
Norm Armstrong, Alan Dial, Brian Meiners and Christopher Yook secure a favorable outcome for Porsche in federal court in the Northern District of California

Cases & Deals

May 28, 2019
King & Spalding Advises TSYS in its $54 Billion Merger of Equals with Global Payments

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May 28, 2019
Jim Woolery and Keith Townsend advise Total System Services in in its $54 billion merger of equals with Global Payments which was named a Law360 Legal Lion

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Matters

Successfully represented a global shipping container company in DOJ's criminal investigation into shipping container industry.

Lead counsel to Porsche Cars North America, Inc. and Porsche AG in FTC’s clean diesel investigation.

Co-lead class action defense counsel to Porsche Cars North America, Inc. and Porsche AG in multidistrict litigation in San Francisco in the Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” MDL.

Matters

Successfully represented a global shipping container company in DOJ's criminal investigation into shipping container industry.

Lead counsel to Porsche Cars North America, Inc. and Porsche AG in FTC’s clean diesel investigation.

Co-lead class action defense counsel to Porsche Cars North America, Inc. and Porsche AG in multidistrict litigation in San Francisco in the Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” MDL.

Successfully represented Energizer Holdings, Inc. in the FTC’s investigation into its acquisition of Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.

Advised Carmike Cinemas in the DOJ's investigation into its sales to AMC Theatres.

Successfully represented Forterra Building Products, a portfolio company of LoneStar Funds, in the formation of a joint venture. The transaction was cleared by the FTC without divestitures.

Represented several of the largest healthcare systems in their acquisitions in front of the FTC and in litigations brought by the DOJ.

Successfully represented Bass Pro Group in its defense of an FTC investigation into its acquisition of Fishing holdings LLC.

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