McGuireWoods partner Amy Manning has been named to Global Competition Review’s 2021 Top Women in Antitrust list honoring private practitioners, enforcers, in-house counsel, economists and academics for their standout careers.
Manning chairs the firm’s global Antitrust, Trade & Commercial Litigation Department and represents international and U.S. companies, as well as individuals, in federal and state courts and U.S. arbitration tribunals. Based in Chicago, she focuses her practice on criminal and civil antitrust matters and on complex commercial litigation, including class actions, breach of contract actions and litigation involving life sciences and intellectual property.
Manning is a co-founder of the Chicago Women Antitrust Lawyers Network and a member of the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law. She was vice chair of the 2020 ABA Antitrust Section 13th International Cartel Workshop, where she moderated a panel demonstration on taking a criminal antitrust case to trial. The workshop is recognized globally as the premier international cartel conference with top competition and antitrust regulators and practitioners attending from around the world. She is also vice chair of the 2022 conference. Manning is a frequent author and speaker on topics related to antitrust, government investigations, compliance issues and the life sciences industry.
“I am honored to be recognized by GCR and to be included with distinguished lawyers who have made significant contributions to antitrust and competition law,” Manning said. “I am also grateful to my McGuireWoods antitrust team for their excellent work and support.”
McGuireWoods represents clients throughout the world in virtually every significant area of antitrust and competition law, including litigation and government investigations, business antitrust counseling and mergers. The firm was ranked in two antitrust litigation categories in the 2021 edition of The Legal 500 United States, the respected independent guide to the country’s top firms and lawyers.