Beau Buffier is an antitrust partner in the Boston and New York offices of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where his practice focuses on defending clients in merger investigations before the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice as well as non-U.S. antitrust agencies including the CMA (UK). Beau also represents domestic and foreign clients in connection with various antitrust issues concerning cartel matters, abuse of dominance, joint ventures, distribution arrangements, intellectual property, competitor collaborations and Hart-Scott-Rodino compliance. Beau has defended substantive merger investigations and other civil and criminal investigations involving a wide variety of industries, including semiconductors, telecommunications, enterprise software, internet platforms, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, chemicals, retailing, airlines, automotive parts, and entertainment and ticketing.