Bala Venkatakrishnan

Bala Venkatakrishnan is an associate in White & Case's Global Antitrust Practice in New York. He advises clients on complex cross-border mergers and acquisitions and antitrust litigation and government investigations in the U.S. and internationally. His experience spans technology, healthcare, life sciences, financial services, insurance, retail and consumer products, food and agriculture, transportation and logistics, energy, chemicals and industrial manufacturing.

Bala advises clients throughout the transaction lifecycle, from assessing antitrust risk when a deal is first contemplated to developing and implementing merger clearance strategies. His work includes drafting antitrust provisions in transaction agreements, structuring clean team arrangements and advising and training deal teams on due diligence safeguards, advising on U.S. and international merger notification requirements, coordinating filings and regulatory reviews across jurisdictions, and working with transaction teams and economists on advocacy and strategies for obtaining clearance, including in Second Request investigations.

Bala's litigation and investigations experience includes defending financial institutions in class actions concerning financial benchmarks and advising technology companies in cross-border regulatory investigations and competition disputes, including in India and Latin America. He has also represented and advised clients in commercial litigation involving breach of contract, equity interests and fiduciary duties. His counseling practice includes advising companies and investors on interlocking directorates and providing antitrust compliance advice and training tailored to clients' businesses.