Megan solves clients’ antitrust issues, guiding transactions through merger review and representing clients in government investigations and litigation. She regularly counsels clients – including private equity sponsors – on a variety of topics, including pricing practices, licensing of intellectual property and other distribution issues. Full Bio

Megan solves clients’ antitrust issues, guiding transactions through merger review and representing clients in government investigations and litigation. She regularly counsels clients – including private equity sponsors – on a variety of topics, including pricing practices, licensing of intellectual property and other distribution issues. Megan has helped to secure critical wins for clients in a number of cases and has experience in matters before the Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission and state antitrust authorities.

Chambers USA, Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers and Who’s Who Legal recognize Megan as a top antitrust practitioner. Chambers quotes clients describing Megan as “an expert” who is “great to work with.” 

Megan works with clients in a variety of industries, including automotive, consumer goods, computer hardware, financial services, Internet of Things, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, publishing, software and telecommunications.

Megan also is an active member of the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section. She is currently a vice chair on the Health Care and Pharmaceuticals Committee and previously served in various positions on the M&A Committee, the Federal Civil Enforcement Committee and the Presidential Transition Task Force. Megan was also as an editor for Antitrust Law Developments (Ninth Edition), the premier antitrust treatise. 

Megan maintains a vibrant pro bono practice, typically representing caregivers and children in the Washington, DC area. Megan is also co-chair of Cooley’s DC Pro Bono Committee. Minimize

Jesse Kramer is Head of M&A and Strategic Investments with the corporate team at S&P Global. He has extensive experience with corporate law and the inner-workings of acquisitions the lifecycle. Full Bio

Jesse Kramer is Head of M&A and Strategic Investments with the corporate team at S&P Global. He has extensive experience with corporate law and the inner-workings of acquisitions the lifecycle. Jesse previously served as Associate General Counsel for Mergers & Acquisitions for S&P Global and, prior to that, was a Corporate Associate with Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. He holds a law degree from Harvard Law School.   Minimize

Joe Mantone is the News Desk Manager for the U.S. financial institutions group and the author of Market Intelligence's quarterly white paper on M&A and equity capital markets activity. He also hosts the new podcast The Pipeline: M&A and IPO Insights. Full Bio

Joe Mantone is the News Desk Manager for the U.S. financial institutions group and the author of Market Intelligence's quarterly white paper on M&A and equity capital markets activity. He also hosts the new podcast The Pipeline: M&A and IPO Insights.  

 
Joe joined the U.S. FIG team in 2008 and covered investment banks for more than 10 years before moving into his current role. Joe has been working as a business journalist for nearly 20 years and previously worked for The Wall Street Journal and the Crain Communications magazine, Modern Healthcare.  Joe is based in New York. 

He holds a master’s degree in journalism from Roosevelt University and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Arizona State University.

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Samantha writes about M&A activity in the technology sector, with a particular focus on fintech. Full Bio

Samantha writes about M&A activity in the technology sector, with a particular focus on fintech. Prior to joining the research team, she spent over ten years as a technology, media and telecoms journalist and editor. Minimize

Joe is an Associate Director within the Desktop Product & Market Development team with a focus on the Corporates and Professional Services segment. Full Bio

Joe is an Associate Director within the Desktop Product & Market Development team with a focus on the Corporates and Professional Services segment.

He has been with S&P Global since 2012 working in various roles within the organization, starting in Client Support before moving on to the Ratings organization as an Analyst in the Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities group. Joe then moved to the Commercial organization covering Investment Banking, Private Equity, Professional Services, Corporates and Insurance firms.  He now oversees Product and Market Development for the Corporates and Professional Services workflows with a focus on the S&P Capital IQ Desktop.  Before S&P, Joe worked as an Associate at Dealogic covering Debt Capital Markets. 

Joe received his MBA from the University of Colorado (Boulder) Leeds School of Business and received his bachelor’s degree in History from Saint Louis University. Minimize