Evan Miller
2200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Suite 500 West
Washington, D.C. 20037
Evan represents clients in antitrust matters, with an emphasis on government investigations, the review of mergers by antitrust enforcement agencies, Hart-Scott-Rodino filings, and civil litigation. Evan has handled multiple complex merger investigations and has represented clients as third-party witnesses to merger challenges in federal and administrative court. Evan also actively counsels clients on issues relating to antitrust law, including competitor collaborations, information sharing, and marketing practices, among other commercial activities. In the merger context, Evan regularly advises clients regarding antitrust risk during deal negotiations and rules against “gun jumping.” Evan’s subject-matter experience includes some of the most hot-button current antitrust topics—including digital platforms and two sided markets, ESG and sustainability, and energy transitions—in the United States and worldwide. Evan also focuses his practice on the application of antitrust principles to emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence and blockchain.
Experience Highlights
Representing a U.S. technology company in a series of global competition investigations
Google as a third-party witness in the FTC’s investigation and federal litigation challenging Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc.
CrownRock LP in its $12 billion sale to Occidental Petroleum
Chord Energy in its $11 billion combination with Enerplus Corporation
Quantum Capital Group in its $5.2 billion sale of Tug Hill and XcL Midstream to EQT Corporation
Reata Pharmaceuticals in its $7 billion sale to Biogen
Denbury Inc. in its $4.9 billion sale to ExxonMobil
Earthstone Energy in its $4.5 billion sale to Permian Resources
NGP in its $4.7 billion sale of Tap Rock Resources and Hibernia Energy III to Civitas Resources
CSI Compressco in its $854 million sale to Kodiak Gas Services
Paloma Partners IV in its sale of assets to Mach Natural Resources for $815 million
Google LLC in its $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit, Inc.
Independence Energy LLC in its $5.7 billion merger with Contango Oil & Gas Co.
Compass Solar Group, LLC and Sunpro Solar, providers of rooftop solar systems, in their sale to ADT for $825 million
Data Foundry, Inc., a carrier-neutral colocation and data center provider, in its $420 million sale to Switch, Inc.
DigitalBridge in its acquisition of a controlling stake in Vertical Bridge Holdings, the largest private owner and operator of wireless communications infrastructure in the U.S.
Venator Materials as a third-party in the FTC’s investigation and administrative litigation challenging Tronox’s acquisition of The National Titanium Dioxide Company Limited (“Cristal”)
(D.C. Cir.) – Briefed and argued case regarding enforceability of Freedom of Information Act waivers in plea agreements
Credentials
- Boston University School of Law, J.D. cum laude, 2014 (Articles Editor, Journal of Science & Technology Law)
- The George Washington University, B.A., Political Communication cum laude, 2011
- Judicial Intern to The Honorable Juan Torruella, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2013
- Specialty Media Director, U.S. Senator Patty Murray, 2009-2011
- Legal 500 U.S., Antitrust: Merger Control, 2024
- The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” (Washington): Antitrust Law, 2021–2025; Litigation–Antitrust, 2024 and 2025
- Massachusetts
- District of Columbia
- InsightOctober 16, 2024
V&E Antitrust Update
- InsightOctober 11, 2024
V&E Antitrust Update
- Event RecapSeptember 27, 2024
- Deals & CasesSeptember 13, 2024
- InsightAugust 21, 2024
V&E Antitrust and Labor & Employment Update
- Deals & CasesAugust 21, 2024
- Deals & CasesAugust 21, 2024
- Deals & CasesAugust 21, 2024
- InsightAugust 7, 2024
V&E Antitrust Update
- InsightJuly 8, 2024
V&E Antitrust and Labor & Employment Update
- Deals & CasesJuly 8, 2024
- Deals & CasesJuly 8, 2024
- Deals & CasesJune 27, 2024
- Rankings & AwardsJune 12, 2024
- Deals & CasesJune 12, 2024
- Deals & CasesMay 16, 2024
- InsightApril 24, 2024
V&E Antitrust and Labor & Employment Update
- Deals & CasesMarch 13, 2024
- Deals & CasesMarch 4, 2024
- Deals & CasesFebruary 21, 2024
- InsightJanuary 24, 2024
V&E Antitrust Update
- InsightJanuary 11, 2024
- Deals & CasesDecember 19, 2023
- Deals & CasesDecember 11, 2023
- Deals & CasesNovember 13, 2023
- InsightNovember 8, 2023
V&E Antitrust Update
- InsightOctober 31, 2023
V&E Cybersecurity Update
- InsightOctober 5, 2023
- Deals & CasesSeptember 14, 2023
- Deals & CasesAugust 21, 2023
- Rankings & AwardsAugust 21, 2023
- Deals & CasesAugust 16, 2023
- InsightJuly 17, 2023
- InsightJuly 17, 2023
- Deals & CasesJune 20, 2023
- InsightJune 9, 2023
- InsightJune 7, 2023
- Deals & CasesMay 19, 2023
- InsightJanuary 6, 2023
V&E Non-Compete Update
- InsightJanuary 5, 2023
- Deals & CasesJanuary 3, 2023
- Deals & CasesDecember 13, 2022
- Deals & CasesOctober 17, 2022
- Deals & CasesSeptember 22, 2022
- Rankings & AwardsAugust 18, 2022
- InsightAugust 1, 2022
V&E Antitrust Update
- InsightMay 27, 2022
V&E Antitrust Update
- Deals & CasesMay 20, 2022
- InsightMarch 11, 2022
- Deals & CasesMarch 7, 2022
- Deals & CasesJanuary 18, 2022
- Deals & CasesDecember 6, 2021
- Deals & CasesSeptember 15, 2021
- Deals & CasesSeptember 7, 2021
- Deals & CasesAugust 10, 2021
- Deals & CasesAugust 3, 2021
- Deals & CasesJuly 13, 2021
- Deals & CasesApril 20, 2021
- “Antitrust Live: The New Blockchain Era of Antitrust,” The Columbia Science & Technology Law Review, Volume XXIV, Fall 2022 (author)
- “A Tale of Two Regulators: Antitrust Implications of Progressive Decentralization in Blockchain Platforms,” Washington and Lee Law Review Online, March 29, 2021 (author)