Megan Walden is an associate in the antitrust group in Axinn’s Washington, DC office. Her practice focuses on merger analysis, government investigations, and antitrust counseling.

Megan earned her JD at The George Washington University Law School, where she served as an Articles Editor for The George Washington Law Review, a Writing Fellow for the GW Law Writing Center, and an Alternative Dispute Resolution Skills Board Member. While there, she was a law clerk at Axinn’s Washington, DC office, where she supported the team representing Sagard Holdings, Fairfax Financial Holdings, and Peak Achievement Athletics in the DOJ review and clearance of the acquisition of Easton Diamond Sports by Rawlings Sporting Goods.

Megan was a summer associate with Axinn in 2020 and holds a BA in Sociology from Davidson College. Prior to law school, Megan worked for the UN Refugee Agency in Lebanon, Turkey, and Myanmar.

News

• Axinn Advises Thermo Fisher Scientific in Securing Global Merger-Control Clearances for its Acquisition of Olink Holding
• Axinn Secures Antitrust Clearance for Ball Corporation’s $5.6B Sale to BAE Systems
• Axinn Advises Ball Corporation in its $5.6 Billion Sale of its Aerospace Division to BAE Systems
• Axinn Advised Thermo Fisher on $1.85B Acquisition of PeproTech, Inc.

Thought Leadership

• The Chambers Merger Control 2024 Guide, Chambers and Partners, July 16, 2024
• USA: Law and Practice & Trends and Developments, Chambers Global Practice Guides – Merger Control 2023, August 11, 2023
• USA: Law and Practice, Chambers Global Practice Guides – Merger Control 2022, August 8, 2022

Education

• JD, with Honors – The George Washington University Law School (2021)
• BA, Sociology – Davidson College (2013)

Admissions

• District of Columbia
• California