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Trey Nicoud

Trey
Nicoud

Partner

CONTACT INFO

tnicoud@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 415.393.8308

FAX:+1 415.374.8473

San Francisco

555 Mission Street, Suite 3000, San Francisco, CA 94105-0921 USA

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PRACTICE

Antitrust and Competition Anti-Corruption & FCPA Litigation White Collar Defense and Investigations

BIOGRAPHY

​Trey Nicoud is a partner in the San Francisco office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the firm’s Antitrust and Trade Regulation Practice and its Litigation Department.

Mr. Nicoud concentrates his practice on antitrust litigation and counseling. He represents clients in both civil and criminal investigations and lawsuits, and advises clients on a variety of antitrust matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, distribution practices, and licensing.

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Mr. Nicoud served as Associate General Counsel of American Airlines, Inc., where he managed antitrust, environmental, intellectual property, and occupational safety and health legal services. While at American Airlines, Mr. Nicoud led the successful defense of United States v. AMR Corp., 140 F. Supp. 2d 1141 (D. Kan. 2001), aff’d, 335 F.3d 1109 (10th Cir. 2003), assisted in the company’s successful purchases of BusinessExpress, RenoAir, and substantially all of the assets of TWA, advised on the formation and structuring of alliances, and managed the company’s response to a variety of lawsuits and government investigations.

Mr. Nicoud served on the Editorial Board for Antitrust Law Developments (Seventh), one of the leading treatises on U.S. antitrust law.  Chambers and Partners ranks him in Band 3 for California Antitrust. He is also recognized as a leading antitrust practitioner in Global Competition Review’s International Who’s Who of Competition Lawyers and Economists, Institutional Investor’s Benchmark Litigation Guide, and as a Northern California “Super Lawyer” for antitrust litigation.​​

Mr. Nicoud’s representative matters include:​​​

  • Lead counsel for MITSUBA Corporation in antitrust grand jury investigations and class actions alleging that suppliers of various auto parts conspired to fix the prices of and rig bids for various automotive parts. ​
  • ​Lead counsel for ALPHA Corporation in an antitrust grand jury investigation and in class actions alleging that suppliers of vehicle access mechanisms conspired to fix the prices of and rig bids for those automotive parts.
  • Lead counsel for NEC TOKIN Corporation in an antitrust grand jury investigation and in class actions alleging that producers of capacitors conspired to fix the prices of electrolytic capacitors.
  • Lead counsel for NEC TOKIN Corporation in class actions alleging that producers of lithium ion batteries conspired to fix the prices of those batteries.
  • Lead counsel for Norbord Industries Inc. in class actions alleging that producers of oriented strand board (“OSB”) conspired to fix the price and reduce the supply of OSB. The class actions were settled shortly before trial for a small fraction of the claimed billions of dollars in damages.
  • Co-lead counsel for Los Gatos Tomato Products in a criminal investigation of possible price-fixing of processed tomato products and in related civil antitrust litigation.​
  • Representation of Atlantic Coast Airlines in its successful efforts to defeat a takeover effort by the parent of Mesa Airlines, thereby allowing Atlantic Coast to pursue its plans to cease operating as a regional carrier for United Air Lines and instead launch Independence Air.
  • Competition counsel for Marriott International in connection with the formation of RoomKey.com.
  • Representation of Sempra Energy in a civil class action alleging that Sempra Energy and its affiliates conspired with a natural gas pipeline company to limit the supply of natural gas to California, thereby causing the California energy crisis in the year 2000. The case was tried for several weeks before a jury in California state court, but was settled on favorable terms before plaintiffs finishing putting on their case.

EDUCATION

University of Texas - 1982 Juris Doctor

Stanford University - 1979 Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

California Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Firm News - August 2, 2022 | Who’s Who Legal Competition 2022 Recognizes 14 Gibson Dunn Partners
Firm News - July 28, 2021 | Who’s Who Legal 2021 Recognizes Gibson Dunn Partners in Competition, Hospitality and Product Liability Defense
Firm News - December 15, 2020 | Who’s Who Legal Competition 2020 Recognizes 18 Partners
Firm News - January 30, 2020 | Nine Gibson Dunn Partners Named as Thought Leaders in Construction and Competition by Who’s Who Legal
Firm News - August 15, 2019 | Gibson Dunn Lawyers Recognized in the Best Lawyers in America® 2020
Firm News - June 7, 2019 | Nineteen Gibson Dunn attorneys recognized by Who’s Who Legal Competition 2019
Firm News - February 7, 2019 | Nine Gibson Dunn partners recognized by Who’s Who Legal Thought Leaders Competition
Article - September 26, 2018 | Lexology Navigator – Cartels
Firm News - August 15, 2018 | 20 Gibson Dunn Partners Named Lawyers of the Year
Firm News - July 9, 2018 | Who’s Who Legal Recognizes 24 Gibson Dunn Attorneys
Client Alert - July 5, 2018 | Supreme Court Finds Failure to Prove a Sherman Act Section 1 Violation in Credit Card Market
Client Alert - January 10, 2017 | 2016 Year-End Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
Client Alert - July 11, 2016 | 2016 Mid-Year Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
Client Alert - January 7, 2016 | 2015 Year-End Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
Client Alert - July 13, 2015 | 2015 Mid-Year Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
Client Alert - January 8, 2015 | 2014 Year-End Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
Client Alert - July 10, 2014 | 2014 Mid-Year Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
Client Alert - January 9, 2014 | 2013 Year-End Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
Client Alert - September 1, 2013 | 2013 Criminal Antitrust Update
Client Alert - July 11, 2013 | 2013 Mid-Year Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
Client Alert - January 7, 2013 | 2012 Year-End Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
Client Alert - July 11, 2012 | 2012 Mid-Year Criminal Antitrust Update
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