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Alex Rant
Alex Rant
Associate — Complex Commercial Litigation
E: arant@velaw.com T: +1.202.639.6531
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Associate — Complex Commercial Litigation

Alex Rant

Alex Rant
Washington, D.C.
T: +1.202.639.6531
F: +1.202.879.8837

2200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Suite 500 West
Washington, D.C. 20037

E: arant@velaw.com
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Alex Rant

Alex represents clients in both civil and criminal matters, with a particular focus on antitrust disputes and government investigations. He has worked with companies and individuals across a broad range of industries such as tech, energy, chemicals, and finance. A key part of Alex’s practice involves representing clients in connection with enforcement actions and related lawsuits brought by various government authorities, including the Department of Justice, United States’ Attorneys Offices, the Federal Trade Commission, state Attorney General offices, and others. He also represents clients in large class action lawsuits and in connection with proceedings before foreign regulatory authorities. Alex’s experience in these high-stakes matters makes him adept at navigating complex legal landscapes to protect the interests of his clients.

The following is a list of representative matters in which Alex has assisted.

Experience Highlights

  • Represents leading US technology company in domestic and foreign conduct investigations by competition regulators

  • Representing national property management company in connection with a series of consolidated class actions alleging the existence of a conspiracy to increase or stabilize the price of apartments using a common algorithm

  • Representing multinational financial services company in lawsuit brought by 11 state attorneys general concerning alleged conspiracy to cut coal production

  • Representing a large corporate entity in connection with Department of Justice False Claims Act investigation

  • Representing former employees of publicly traded company in connection with Department of Justice money laundering investigation

  • Counsels leading US technology company on competition related issues of potential acquisitions, interoperability, artificial intelligence, ecosystems, and emerging technology

  • Representing major retailer in internal investigation and government investigations related to sustainability and human capital initiatives and policies

  • Represented high-profile former government official before a congressional committee and the Department of Justice

  • Represented several large U.S. companies in connection with grand jury proceedings and as third parties in litigation

  • Represented Reata Pharmaceuticals in its $7 billion sale to Biogen

  • Represented Denbury Inc., a provider of CO2 pipelines and carbon capture services, in its $4.9 billion acquisition by Exxon Mobil Corp.

  • Represented Sunoco in the $1 billion sale of 204 convenience stores to 7-Eleven

Credentials

  • Washington University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2021 (Executive Editor, Washington University Law Review)
  • Pepperdine University, B.A., Economics and B.S., Business Administration, summa cum laude, 2018 (Valedictorian)
  • Judicial clerk to The Honorable James Wesley Hendrix, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, 2021–2022
  • District of Columbia

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