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​Kail ​Jethmalani

Axinn

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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • 40 & Under List
Practice Areas:
Competition/antitrust
Biography
Lauded in Chambers USA for delivering “creative solutions” and in The Legal 500 for his “excellent strategic judgment” and “first-rate subject matter knowledge,” Kail Jethmalani is a go-to antitrust advisor for clients with bet-the-company litigation and challenging deals. He is known for a pragmatic, commercial approach, and cohesive strategies to successfully defend high-stakes antitrust litigation and secure antitrust approvals for difficult transactions.
Recent matter/case highlights
  • Lead counsel for Exelon Corporation in a class action alleging a decades-long, industry-wide conspiracy to fix compensation paid to nuclear power plant employees.
  • Representing Greif Inc. in a class action alleging a conspiracy to fix the price of containerboard and its constituent parts.
  • Represented First Advantage in its $2.2 billion acquisition of Sterling Check Corp.
Key practice areas
  • Competition/antitrust
Academic qualifications
  • JD, magna cum laude (Order of the Coif), University of Michigan Law School, 2014

  • B.A., Skidmore College, 2009
Bar Admissions
  • New York
  • U.S. District Court District of Colorado
  • U.S. District Court District of Connecticut
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court District of Maryland
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
Address:
45 Rockefeller Plaza (630 5th Avenue)
New York, NY, 10111
United States
Tel:+12122615649 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.axinn.com/en/people/Kail-Jethmalani