Sean Royall, '90, To Join Sidley Austin

Sidley Austin Nabs Antitrust Expert From Kirkland & Ellis

Law360 (February 11, 2022, 4:34 PM EST) -- 

Sean Royall

A career antitrust attorney who previously served as the deputy director of the Federal Trade Commission's competition bureau will join Sidley Austin's Dallas and Washington, D.C., offices, the firm announced Thursday.

Sean Royall makes the jump from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he worked as a partner in its antitrust and competition practice, the firm said. He joins Sidley Austin as a partner and will co-lead the firm's practices in antitrust and consumer protection litigation and investigations.

Royall joined Kirkland & Ellis in 2019 from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP. He has represented a number of high-profile clients in notable antitrust litigation, including representing LendingClub in a suit against his former agency, where the FTC accused the peer-to-peer lender of misleading its consumers about loan fees.