Lauren Vaca is an associate at Freshfields antitrust, competition, and trade practice based in New York. Lauren helps guide clients through the antitrust aspects of key mergers and acquisitions and advises clients facing antitrust investigations. She also helps prepare clients for key engagement with antitrust regulators and for testimony before federal grand juries. Prior to joining Freshfields, Lauren was the Editor-in-Chief for the Notre Dame Journal of Legislation, was an Oralist for the Moot Court Board’s Phillip C. Jessup International Law Team, and was the Academic Chair of the Hispanic Law Students Association.