Kristin Millayis counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Hughes Hubbard & Reed. As part of the Antitrust practice group, Kristin assists clients with both civil and criminal matters, including Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations and the preparation of Hart-Scott-Rodino pre-merger notifications. Kristin has experience with criminal antitrust investigations and has represented a multinational corporation under investigation by the US government. Kristin also takes an active role in pro bono cases, having assisted one client in securing Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and another in obtaining asylum.
Recognition
Recommended in The Legal 500 United States for Antitrust: Merger Control (2022)
Recommended in The Legal 500 United States for Antitrust: Cartel (2021)
Winner, Concurrences 2019 Antitrust Writing Award
2020, 2019, 2017 Capital Pro Bono High Honor Roll, sponsored by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
2016, 2013 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll, sponsored by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Winner, 2010 – 2012 William Minor Lile Moot Court Competition and Best Oralist Award in final round oral argument
Highlighted Publications
Co-author, with Robert Bell, “The Antitrust Division’s Corporate Leniency Program: Learn from the Past or be Condemned to Repeat It,” Criminal Justice 34 No. 1 (2019): 14
Co-author, with Robert Bell, "The Corporate Leniency Program: Did the Antitrust Division Kill the Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs?," Antitrust 33, no.1 (2018): 80
Court Admissions
Supreme Court of Virginia
Eastern District of Virginia
Highlighted Matters
Representation of Greenbriar Equity Group LLC in connection with the acquisition of automotive aftermarket
parts and accessories distributor JEGS High Performance
Representation of Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. in connection with its sale to parent company and
majority shareholder Santander Holdings USA Inc. in a
$2.5 billion deal that took the Dallas-based auto lending
and consumer finance company private
Representation of financial advisory firm Geller & Co. in connection with the sale of Geller’s outsourced CFO and
business services division to Bloomberg LP
Representation of CF Acquisition Corp. V, a SPAC backed by New York investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald, in connection with a $850 million IPO merger with Satellogic that took the satellite earth imagery provider public
Representation of Grab Holdings Inc., Southeast Asia’s leading super app, in connection with its merger with SPAC Altimeter Growth Corp., a transaction that took Grab public in the largest SPAC merger ever ascribing to Grab a pro-forma equity value of approximately $39.6 billion
Representation of Greenbriar Equity Group in connection with its acquisition of delivery company FragilePAK
Representation of Kensington Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in connection with its $3.3 billion merger with QuantumScape, an electric vehicle battery supplier backed by Volkswagen Group
Representation of Cartamundi Group, a global manufacturer of playing cards and board games, in its acquisition of the United States Playing Card Company from Newell Brands
Representation of Bluestar Alliance and affiliates in connection with the acquisition of Hurley International from Nike
Representation of global information technology leader Infosys in its acquisition of Simplus, the global leader of Salesforce quote-to-cash
Representation of a major multinational corporation in a DOJ investigation into criminal price-fixing
Representation of a senior sales executive in a DOJ investigation into criminal price-fixing
Preparation of Hart-Scott-Rodino pre-merger notifications
Advising clients in the pharmaceutical, TV broadcasting and medical device manufacturing industries on a variety of antitrust issues
