Juan A. Arteaga is a partner in the Antitrust and White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement groups in Crowell & Moring’s New York office. His practice focuses primarily on advising companies, boards of directors, and executives on a broad range of civil and criminal antitrust matters, including litigation, merger reviews, government and internal investigations, and counseling regarding various business practices. Juan also represents clients in a wide range of high-stakes, complex commercial litigation matters, including securities litigation, shareholder derivative actions, class actions, and international arbitrations.

From 2013 until 2017, Juan was a senior official in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. During this period, he served as the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Enforcement, where he worked on and oversaw investigations and litigations in various industries, including financial services, aviation, food and beverage, health care, technology, cable, manufactured products, transportation, and telecommunications. Juan also served as Chief of Staff and Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division. In this role, Juan helped oversee all aspects of the Antitrust Division’s operations, including merger reviews, civil and criminal investigations and litigation, and coordination with U.S. and foreign competition enforcement agencies.

While at the Antitrust Division, Juan worked on various high-profile merger litigations, including Aetna/Humana, US Airways/American Airlines, Halliburton/Baker Hughes, Electrolux/General Electric, Energy Solutions/Waste Control Specialists, and National CineMedia/Screenvision. He received the Antitrust Division’s Award of Distinction on multiple occasions for his significant contributions to the Division’s mergers and anticompetitive practices enforcement program.