Djordje is a partner in the Antitrust Group, with a broad antitrust practice focused on litigation, government investigations and strategic counseling. Clients routinely look to Djordje to manage complex antitrust proceedings and to develop and execute legal strategy, including serving as coordinating counsel on major multinational matters.
Djordje has represented clients in bet-the-company antitrust litigations, and is widely recognized as a leading cartel lawyer, having acted for more than two dozen corporate and individual clients in cartel investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice and competition authorities in other jurisdictions. Djordje regularly serves as lead counsel for corporate clients in antitrust litigations, including class actions that follow DOJ investigations. His individual clients have included chief executives and other senior executives accused of criminal antitrust violations, such as price-fixing and “no-poach” agreements.
In addition to his litigation and investigations work, Djordje counsels clients on a wide range of antitrust and competition matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and business practices.
Experience
- Major Japanese manufacturer in a DOJ criminal investigation and nation-wide class actions alleging price-fixing and as coordinating counsel on related investigations and litigations in Europe, Asia, and the Americas
- U.S. technology company in a Sherman Act Section 2 lawsuit by a failed competitor
- Leading consumer goods company in nation-wide class actions alleging price-fixing and anticompetitive information exchanges
- Japanese multinational in nation-wide class actions related to pricing conduct and alleged information exchanges with competitors
- Chief executive officer of a healthcare company in an antitrust grand jury investigation related to alleged “no-poach” agreements
- Fortune 25 company in an $8 billion acquisition
- Large U.S. manufacturing company in DOJ criminal and civil investigations related to hiring practices
- Large Japanese manufacturer in a DOJ criminal investigation of pricing practices and related conduct
- Leading commodity company in a DOJ investigation of alleged information exchanges
- Fortune 25 company on enterprise-wide antitrust issues
- Leading U.S. consumer goods company on a series of high-profile acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and joint ventures
- European financial services company in a DOJ grand jury investigation of trader communications
- U.S. financial services company in an antitrust grand jury investigation related to alleged “no-poach” agreements
- Japanese manufacturing company on global restructuring of joint ventures and strategic acquisitions
- Japanese multinational on a series of acquisitions of U.S. targets
- Government of Japan as amicus in a Ninth Circuit appeal relating to Fukushima nuclear accident
- Fortune 50 company in an internal investigation relating to alleged theft of trade secrets
- Plaintiff in a multidistrict class action against a major U.S. food distributor alleging RICO and other violations
Thought Leadership
Djordje has written extensively on antitrust and compliance issues, served as a panelist on these topics at American Bar Association events, and has taught antitrust and compliance courses at the Wharton Business School, including executive education programs attended by Fortune 500 compliance officers and senior risk managers.
In 2017 and 2018, Djordje was listed on the “40 and Under Hot List” by Benchmark Litigation.
