Makan Delrahim joined Latham & Watkins in April 2022 as an antitrust and competition partner in the Century City and Washington, D.C. offices of the firm. He draws on more than a decade of government experience to skillfully help clients across the full spectrum of industries and institutions navigate : merger control procedures, complex commercial transactions, regulatory and government compliance issues, government investigations, including congressional inquiries. He previously served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division overseeing International and Appellate (2003–2005), a Commissioner on the Antitrust Modernization Commission (2004–2007), and as antitrust counsel and later as Staff Director and Chief Counsel of the US Senate Judiciary Committee (2000–2003). He is adjunct lecturer in law at the University of Pennsylvania.