Overview
Anna Behrmann is a commercial litigator and trusted antitrust compliance counselor whose passion is helping clients achieve their business goals while managing their antitrust risks. Anna leverages her experience before the federal courts and antitrust authorities to assist clients to navigate complex business problems in a procompetitive manner.
Representative Antitrust Compliance Counseling Experience
Anna provides antitrust and competition compliance counseling and training on a variety of issues, including:
- Assessment of potential competitive effects of proposed transactions
- Competitor communications, information exchanges, benchmarking and day-to-day relationships between competing businesses
- Trade associations and industry groups
- Standard setting and FRAND obligations
- Joint ventures and competitor collaborations
- Information exchange and due-diligence obligations during negotiation and transition planning for mergers, acquisitions or other significant transactions
- Pre-merger notification under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act
- Exclusive dealing, tying, bundling and price discrimination
- Resale price maintenance (RPM) and minimum advertised price (MAP) policies
- Internal antitrust audits
Representative Litigation and Investigation Experience
- Multi-district antitrust litigation proceedings
- Merger investigations
- Proceedings before the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission
- Responses to civil investigative demands (CIDs) and government subpoenas
- Complex trade secret and commercial contract disputes
- High-stakes trust and estate litigation
- Internal investigations
Personal
Anna and her family are longtime Indianapolis residents. She is an avid international traveler and classical music enthusiast.
Services & Industries
Credentials
Bar Admissions
Indiana
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
Education
University of Illinois College of Law
J.D. magna cum laude, Dean's List, University of Illinois Law Review (associate editor) (2012)
Illinois Wesleyan University
B.A. in Economics and Political Science, magna cum laude with research honors (2009)
Insights & Events
Latest
Insights
Other Perspectives
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Justice Department Remains Committed to Aggressive Antitrust Enforcement Against Employers and Their Employees Even in the Wake of Recent Trial Defeats
Republished in Employee Relations Law Journal, July 2022 - What Food Industry Can Expect After Biden Antitrust Order
Law360, July 23, 2021
Firm Blog Contributions
- LaborSphere – a resource providing coverage and insights on breaking cases, recently enacted legislation and a broad range of labor issues
Leadership & Community
Pro Bono
- Represented asylum applicant as lead attorney before Immigration Court
- Represented prisoners in cases involving allegations of constitutional rights violations
Professional Associations
- American Bar Association — Antitrust Section
- Indiana State Bar Association
Civic Activities
- Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra FORTE young professionals group — Leadership Committee, 2013-present
- Advent Lutheran Church — Fellowship Board, 2013-present (Chair)
Honors
- Best Lawyers® — "Ones to Watch," Commercial Litigation, 2021-23; Litigation - Antitrust, 2022-23
- Indiana Super Lawyers — Rising Star, Antitrust Litigation, 2018-2021
- Faegre Drinker — Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2020-21
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana — Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2016
- Faegre Baker Daniels — Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2015-18