Charles (Charlie) D. Stewart
Counsel
Areas of Focus
- Antitrust Counseling
- Antitrust Mergers & Acquisitions
- Antitrust & International Competition
- Antitrust Litigation
- Regulatory
- Disputes & Investigations
- Represents clients in antitrust counseling, mergers & acquisitions, and litigation across a variety of industries.
Charlie focuses his practice on antitrust and regulatory matters, representing clients in a variety of industries including pharmaceuticals, healthcare, banking, finance, retail and technology. He guides clients through all phases of merger reviews and investigations. He is a frequent author on antitrust matters.
Prior to joining Akin, Charlie served as general counsel at a deep tech start-up focusing on magnetic sensors, advising on a variety of legal, compliance, and financial issues. Before that, Charlie worked at two major international law firms as an antitrust associate.
Charlie earned his J.D. from University of Michigan Law School, where he served as notes editor of the Michigan Law Review. He received a Master of Accounting from the Ohio State University, where he also received a B.S.B.A. with an emphasis on Economics.
Before law school, he also held positions as a tax senior accountant at a top public accounting firm in Ohio.
- Brightcove in its $233 million acquisition by Bending Spoons.
- EQRx in its acquisition by Revolution Medicines.
- Versanis Bio and its obesity asset in the acquisition by Eli Lilly for up to $1.925 billion.
- ’47 Brand in its acquisition by New Era Hat Company.
- Nimbus Therapeutics in its sale of its Allosteric TYK2 Inhibitor program to Takeda for $6 billion.
- Fusion Pharmaceuticals in its $2.4 billion acquisition by AstraZeneca.
- Deciphera Pharmaceuticals in its $2.4 billion acquisition by ONO Pharmaceutical.
- Proteologix in its $850 million proposed acquisition by Johnson & Johnson, with potential for an additional milestone payment.
EducationJ.D., University of Michigan Law School, cum laude, 2018
M.Acc., Ohio State University, magna cum laude, 2013
B.B.A., Ohio State University, summa cum laude, 2012
J.D., University of Michigan Law School, cum laude, 2018
M.Acc., Ohio State University, magna cum laude, 2013
B.B.A., Ohio State University, summa cum laude, 2012
ClerkshipsU.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Bar AdmissionsDistrict of Columbia
Ohio
District of Columbia
Ohio
- Judicial Law Clerk, The Honorable Charles F. Lettow, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 2018-2019.
- Judicial Extern, The Honorable Michael H. Watson, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2016.
- Contributing Author, Technology Guide (United States), Global Competition Review (Apr. 2024)
- Author, Proposed Legislation in New York Would Enact the First General, State-Level Premerger Reporting Regime, The M&A Lawyer, Vol. 26, Issue 3.
- Author, DOJ/FMC Partnership to Promote Ocean Liner Shipping Competition: Smooth Sailing, or Rough Seas Ahead?, The Pipeline, Spring 2022, Vol. 1, Issue 1.
- Author, “The Mystifying Antitrust Agency Clearance Process; or How I Learned to Accept Disorder and Move Forward,” The M&A Lawyer, Vol. 25, Issue 8.
- Author, “ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting: Enforcers Roundtable Takeaways,” The M&A Lawyer, Vol. 25, Issue 5.
- Author, “HSR Clearance: Security Blanket or False Sense of Security for Merging Parties?,” The M&A Lawyer, Vol. 25, Issue 4.
- Comment, “The Rhetorical Canons of Construction: New Textualism’s Rhetoric Problem,” 116 Michigan Law Review, 1485 (2018).
- Author, “State Court Litigation: A New Front in the War Against Partisan Gerrymandering,” 116 Michigan Law Review Online (2018).
