Akin Advises Nippon Steel Corporation in Its Historic Partnership with United States Steel Corporation

(Washington, D.C.)—Akin advised Nippon Steel Corporation in its monumental merger with United States Steel Corporation, which will unleash unprecedented investments in steelmaking in the United States, protecting and creating more than 100,000 jobs. 

Akin leveraged a cross-practice team harnessing the firm’s depth of experience navigating Washington, D.C.’s most complex policy, litigation and regulatory challenges, to secure this historic win on behalf of Nippon Steel Corporation, including lobbying & public policy, international trade, congressional investigations and more including members below. The team was led by international trade partner Stephen Kho and lobbying & public policy senior advisor Geoff Verhoff.

Additional support was provided over the previous year and a half by lobbying & public policy partners Hunter Bates, Brian Pomper, Scott Parven, Ed Pagano, Chris Treanor, Sean D’Arcy, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Hans Rickhoff and Jeff McMillen; senior advisor Virgil Miller; senior consultant Joe Donnelly; senior policy advisors Joe Fawkner, Zachary Paulsen, Roger Murry and Jose Borjon; senior counsel Josh Teitelbaum and Reggie Babin; counsel Kevin Paulsen; consultant Ryan Ellis; and policy advisors Christina Barone and Richard Coppola; international trade partners Jon Poling, Yujin McNamara, Katherine Padgett, Christian Davis, Sally Laing and Devin Sikes; counsel Sydney Stringer, Atsushi Oshima, Sarah Kirwin and Julia Eppard; consultant Hal Shapiro; and associates Rachel Polan and Shannon Jackenthal; congressional investigations co-leader Karen Christian and counsel Joe DiPiero; and antitrust/competition co-leader Gorav Jindal. 

For additional details on the transaction, please click here.  

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