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Craig A. Waldman
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San Francisco
(T) +1.415.875.5765
(F) +1.415.963.6813
Silicon Valley
(T) +1.650.739.3939
(F) +1.650.739.3900

Education

  • The University of Michigan (J.D. 1993); Cornell University (B.S. in Policy Analysis, concentration in Antitrust Policy, 1990)

Bar Admissions

  • California and New York

Government Service

  • Staff attorney, Mergers I, Federal Trade Commission (1993-1996)

Craig Waldman represents companies in antitrust government investigations and enforcement actions, merger reviews, counseling, and antitrust private litigation. He has worked across industries, including IT hardware and software, networking, electronic design automation, electronic platforms, health care, medical devices, defense, sports, financial markets, life sciences, retail stores, and telecommunications. He has extensive experience in mergers, agreements among competitors, vertical distribution issues, price discrimination, criminal antitrust matters, monopolization, and intellectual property licensing and trade regulation. The companies Craig represents include Adobe, Apple, Lam Research, NVIDIA, SAP, and Synopsys.

From 1993 to 1996, Craig was an attorney in the Federal Trade Commission's Mergers I division.

Craig is a frequent speaker on all antitrust issues. He is an adjunct professor at Hastings Law School and has lectured at Stanford Business School and Foothill College. He is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the Antitrust Section of the State Bar of California.


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Honors & Distinctions

  • San Francisco Chronicle "Top Attorney" (2011)

    Chambers USA (2009) — "praised for his understanding of technology markets"

    International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers (2008-2009)

    Daily Journal — Top 20 Lawyers in California Under 40

    Global Competition Review (2008) — 40 Under 40 Leading Competition Lawyers

    GC California (2008) — recognized as The Preferred Antitrust/Unfair Competition Counsel in California
Craig Waldman