Benjamin Feis

Associate Antitrust & Competition

New York +1 212 909 3492

Benjamin Feis

Practices

Overview

Ben Feis is an antitrust and competition associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice focuses on merger investigations, merger litigation and other civil antitrust investigations involving the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission.

Kito Crosby in its $2.7 billion sale to Columbus McKinnon

Constellation Energy in its $26.6 billion acquisition of Calpine Corporation

AssuredPartners in its $13.5 billion sale to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Southwestern Energy in its $7.4 billion merger with Chesapeake Energy

BAE Systems in its $5.5 billion acquisition of Ball Aerospace

EQT Corporation in its $5.2 billion acquisition of Tug Hill and XcL Midstream

Fortune Brands as divestiture buyer in connection with ASSA ABLOY’s $4.3 billion acquisition of Spectrum Brands’ HHI division

UnitedHealth Group in its $13 billion acquisition of Change Healthcare

Legal FellowUnited States House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative LawSummer 2020

Legal InternUnited States Department of Justice, Antitrust DivisionSummer 2019

Analyst, Goldman Sachs & Co., 2016–2018

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2022New York

Education

  • University of Chicago Law SchoolJ.D.2021

    Staff Member, University of Chicago Law Review

    Doctoroff Business Leadership Program

  • University of PennsylvaniaB.A., Philosophy, Politics and Economicssumma cum laude2016

    Phi Beta Kappa

    College Alumni Society Prize in Philosophy, Politics and Economics

    Goldstone Prize for Best Honors Thesis