Alicia Downey

Here is what I do:

Antitrust and distribution counseling: Advising on proposed resale pricing strategies, sales and marketing programs, merger review and relationships with competitors (e.g., HSR, premerger negotiations, due diligence, and integration planning), exclusive dealing, price discrimination, reseller agreements, and franchise relationships.

Commercial litigation, arbitration, appeals: Defending and bringing claims for breach of contract, antitrust violations, and business torts, responding to third-party subpoenas, representing third-party witnesses at deposition, drafting and responding to demand letters, advising on litigation and appellate strategy in Massachusetts courts, drafting of amicus curiae briefs for industry groups.

Antitrust compliance policies and training: Drafting of compliance manuals and guidelines, live presentation of engaging, customized compliance training sessions with open Q& A, for executives and personnel at every level.

Antitrust Law

Business Law

Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Appeals & Appellate

Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals

• Distribution and Franchise Law
• Litigation Area
• General Civil
• Complex Contract and Tort Claims
• Complex Litigation

Massachusetts

Since 1993

Founder and Principal

Downey Law LLC

2013 - Current

Partner

Bingham McCutchen LLP

2001 - 2012

Associate

Bingham Dana LLP (n/k/a Bingham McCutchen LLP)

1994 - 2000

Law clerk to Justice Herbert P. Wilkins

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts

1993 - 1994

Boston College Law School

J.D. (1993)

1990 - 1993

Honors: Magna cum laude; Order of the Coif; McGrath & Kane Award for Academic Excellence and Contribution to the Law School

Activities: Managing Editor, Boston College Law Review

Harvard University

M.A. (1984) | Linguistics

1984 - 1984

Harvard University

B.A. (1984)

1980 - 1984

Honors: Magna cum laude

Activities: Varsity Fencing

America's Leading Lawyers for Business

Chambers USA

2013

ABA Section of Business Law

Vice Chair, Antitrust Committee

2013 - Current

Supreme Judicial Court Law Clerks' Society

Co-Chair, Governing Board

2013 - Current

Needham Land Trust, Inc.

Director

2012 - Current

ABA Section of Antitrust Law

Vice chair, Distribution and Franchising Committee

2011 - Current

Boston Dance Alliance, Inc.

Director

2010 - Current