Gavin Eastgate is a seasoned antitrust and competition lawyer skilled in litigation, transactional, strategic, and regulatory counseling matters. He has first-chair arbitration and trial experience having led teams pursuing and defending antitrust and unfair competition claims, including class actions; trade secret, trade dress, and false advertising matters; non-competes, non-solicitations, and other employment matters; complex commercial disputes; healthcare payor-provider disputes; financial services litigation; insurance coverage; partnership disputes; and defending agency challenges to corporate transactions. He also regularly counsels clients regarding antitrust, trade regulation, and premerger compliance, and advises clients being investigated by the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, state Attorneys General, and other state and federal agencies.
As a former global top-twenty regulatory and litigation partner, in-house counsel, and federal law clerk, Gavin draws on his varied experiences to provide strategic advice and creative solutions to global businesses, executive leaders, and business units. He represents companies of all sizes across many industries and has particular expertise in the health care, manufacturing, software, technology, and financial services sectors.
Prior to joining the firm, Gavin served as acting general counsel for a market-leading healthcare software technology company where he advised executive leadership and all business units on a wide range of strategic, commercial, technology, product development, data privacy and security (including HIPAA and GDPR compliance), intellectual property, risk management and corporate governance matters.
Outside the Firm
Gavin enjoys live music, watching sports, reading, playing guitar, and spending time with his wife and two sons.