Rachel Hansen is an antitrust associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. She has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions with regulatory antitrust concerns, including merger litigation and trial. Rachel also works on competition litigation, internal investigations, and investigations in response to government inquiries, and analyzes complex antitrust issues as they arise in private party disputes.
Experience
Representative Matters
Tronox Limited — Trial counsel for Tronox in antitrust proceedings brought by Federal Trade Commission related to Tronox's worldwide acquisition of Cristal. The procedural posture of this case was unprecedented — this was the very first "Part Three" administrative hearing of an unconsummated merger before the FTC's Office of Administrative Law Judges.
Clerk & Government Experience
Honors InternUnited States Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Enforcement, Complex Financial Instruments Unit
InternPension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Office of General Counsel
Prior Experience
Litigation Paralegal
Paralegal at Boutique ERISA Firm
Pro Bono
Holliday v. D.C. Zoning Commission — Drafted motions for the D.C. Court of Appeals related to the application of the Fair Housing Act to D.C. Zoning Commission and assisted oral argument.
Disability Benefits Appeal — Represented an individual before the SSA appealing the denial of disability benefits, including drafting a brief and arguing before an Administrative Law Judge.
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Thought Leadership
Publications
Note Author, “Women Count: Malawi Food Security and Gender,” 17 Geo. J. Gender & L. (2016).
Author, “Health Care: Access After Healthcare Reform,” Geo. J. Gender & L. 191 (2015).
Recognition
Kirkland Pro Bono Award (2017)
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2018District of Columbia
2016Maryland
Education
Georgetown University Law CenterJ.D.cum laude2016
Co-Managing Editor, Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law
CALI Award: Best Exam in Federal Banking Regulation, Professor Emma Jordan
Yale UniversityB.A., Political Science & Theater Studies2009
