Andrew E. Talbot Associate

Andrew represents clients in complex antitrust matters, encompassing government investigations, merger reviews, and civil litigations brought by individual and class action plaintiffs in federal and state courts throughout the country.  He regularly guides clients through shifting areas of antitrust law and economics, including two-sided platform competition, labor market restraints, information sharing through third-party aggregators, and alleged monopolization by large technology companies.

Andrew has counseled clients facing high-stakes litigations and investigations alleging price-fixing, monopolization, sharing of competitively sensitive information, no-poach agreements, tying, exclusive dealing, bundled discounts, and other antitrust claims. In the merger context, Andrew has helped companies to complete Second Requests and Hart-Scott Rodino filings. Andrew’s practice also includes advising companies on antitrust compliance issues. Andrew has represented clients across a wide range of industries, including payments technology, financial services, healthcare, energy, government contracts, and consumer products.

Andrew also has experience defending clients in government investigations and enforcement actions outside of the antitrust context, concerning alleged violations of the False Claims Act, securities laws, and Consumer Product and Safety Act. He also maintains an active pro bono practice.

Before joining McGuireWoods, Andrew practiced antitrust law at a Washington, D.C. law firm and served as a law clerk to the Honorable T. S. Ellis III of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. During law school, Andrew was a member of the University of Virginia School of Law’s Prosecution Clinic, where he represented the Commonwealth of Virginia in misdemeanor criminal cases.