Axinn Serves as Antitrust Counsel for UPMC in its Affiliation with Washington Health System

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), a world-renowned health care provider and insurer, announced on June 1, 2024 that it had completed its affiliation with Washington Health System, which will now be known as UPMC Washington. The affiliation will ensure continuing access to high quality healthcare for communities in southwestern Pennsylvania. Axinn supported UPMC in antitrust reviews by the Federal Trade Commission and the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General. 

The Axinn team was led by partners Rick Dagen, Lisl Dunlop, Leslie Overton, and counsel Carol Liu, and included Josh Jowdy, Laviana Alharmoosh, Tasneem Chowdhury, Duncan Weals, Aiger Saudabayeva, Geunyoung Kim, John Bogert, Ashley McConnell, and Jason Rylander, Tara Kramek, Mariam Mansoor.

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Axinn combines the skills, experience, and dedication of the world’s largest firms with the focus, responsiveness, efficiency, and attention to client needs of the best boutiques. The firm was established in the late 1990s by lawyers from premier Wall Street firms with a common vision: provide the highest level of service and strategic acumen in antitrust, intellectual property, and high-stakes litigation. Axinn’s lawyers have served as lead or co-lead counsel on more than half a trillion dollars in transactions and, in the last 10 years alone, have handled more than 500 litigations.