Mike Buchwald is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. Mike focuses on complex antitrust matters, including merger reviews, investigations, and civil litigation involving the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
Mike’s notable representations from his time at a prior firm include:
- Amedisys, in antitrust merger litigation brought by the Department of Justice challenging $3.3 billion sale to Optum.
- Spirit Airlines, in a variety of matters, including its proposed sales to both Frontier and JetBlue.
- Mastercard, in a variety of matters, including its acquisitions of Ekata, CipherTrace, and Dynamic Yield.
- KPS Capital Partners, in its divestiture purchase of the porcelain enamel, glass coatings, forehearth colorants and frit-based metallurgical products businesses of Prince International Corporation.
- Shopify, in its $2.1 billion acquisition of Deliverr.
- Subscriber Plaintiffs, in $2.67 billion settlement of In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation.
Mike received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated magna cum laude and Order of the Coif and served as a senior editor of the Pennsylvania Law Review and co-editor-in-chief of the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law & Innovation. Mike earned a Bachelor of Science degree magna cum laude from Cornell University.
He is admitted to practice in the State of New York.
Capabilities
Credentials
Education:
- University of Pennsylvania - 2020 Juris Doctor
- Cornell University - 2015 Bachelor of Science
Admissions:
- New Jersey Bar
- New York Bar
Clerkships:
- USDC, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Hon. Michael Baylson, 2023 - 2024
- US Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit, Hon. Cheryl Ann Krause, 2022 - 2023