Paul Moore is an accomplished antitrust attorney. He advises clients on merger clearance, internal investigations, government investigations, and high-stakes litigation bringing deep understanding of law enforcement priorities and a strategic and practical approach to managing antitrust risk.
Before entering private practice, Paul had extensive experience as a prosecutor. Paul began his career at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division where he was involved in the investigation of the GE/Honeywell transaction and was on the United States v. Franklin Electric litigation team. He also investigated corporate conduct and over one hundred proposed merger transactions.
Paul most recently was a senior Deputy Attorney General in the California Attorney General’s Office where he advised management about antitrust policy, investigated proposed transactions in a wide range of industries, and litigated—including merger challenges—on behalf of the People and State of California.
Paul’s litigation experience includes some of the California Attorney General’s most high-profile matters—from challenging major technology firms in merger litigation, enforcing California labor laws, to prosecuting complex market manipulation.
He was lead counsel in State of California v. Vitol, Inc. et al.—a lawsuit challenging gasoline trader’s conduct in the bulk sale of gasoline. Paul has handled complex antitrust matters across numerous industries including internet communications, waste, two sided-platforms, technology, labor laws, construction, and oil and gas.
Paul was the lead attorney in State of California v. Valero Energy Partners, et al., the government’s successful federal court challenge of Valero’s proposed merger with Plains All American Pipeline. The first vertical merger challenge in the United States in over 40 years. For their work and impact, he and his team won an Attorney General Team Excellence Award, one of the Attorney General’s highest honors in recognition of their work on behalf of California’s consumers and economy.
Paul also litigated State of California v. eBay, Inc., State of California v. Samsung SDI, Co., Ltd.; Federal Trade Commission et al, v DraftKings et al.; and State of California v. Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd. Paul also regularly served as California’s liaison to other states’ attorneys general, state agencies, as well as federal enforcement agencies during litigations and investigations.