Former FTC Commissioner Phillips Joins Cravath in Washington

Former Federal Commerce Commissioner Noah Phillips is becoming a member of Cravath, Swaine & Moore because the Wall Avenue regulation agency expands its not too long ago opened workplace in Washington.

Phillips was appointed for a Republican seat on the FTC in 2018 by President Donald Trump. He stepped down from his place on Oct. 14 after saying his meant departure in August.

He joins the elite regulation agency because the Democrat-controlled FTC has stepped up scrutiny of tech and different firms beneath Chair Lina Khan. Phillips voted towards Khan in a lot of high-profile instances and opposed her push for brand spanking new rules on “business surveillance.”

“Noah has served as an FTC Commissioner throughout a really dynamic interval for antitrust enforcement and rulemaking,” Faiza Saeed, Cravath’s presiding companion, mentioned in an announcement. “His depth of expertise and perspective on the present antitrust and regulatory panorama might be invaluable to our shoppers.”

Previous to becoming a member of the FTC, Phillips labored as chief counsel to Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) on the Judiciary Committee. He was a litigator at Cravath and Steptoe & Johnson earlier in his profession.

Phillips will function co-chair of Cravath’s antitrust observe alongside Christine Varney, the previous Assistant Lawyer Basic for Antitrust and Commissioner of the FTC.

“The unimaginable workforce at Cravath has an unparalleled document of success in dealing with essentially the most advanced, high-impact antitrust issues, which outline the authorized panorama,” Phillips mentioned in an announcement.

He’s the most recent federal authorities official to affix Cravath’s Washington workplace. The agency launched the brand new location in June, hiring Jelena McWilliams, a former Federal Deposit Insurance coverage Company chairman, Elad Roisman, former commissioner and appearing chairman of the Securities Change Fee, and Jennifer Leete, beforehand an SEC affiliate director.

Final week, the agency inked a 21,065-square foot lease at 1601 Ok Avenue NW within the nation’s capital.