Shinder Cantor Lerner

What Shinder Cantor Lerner does

Shinder Cantor Lerner LLP ("SCL") is a privately held national antitrust litigation boutique organized as a New York limited liability partnership, with offices in New York (14 Penn Plaza, Suite 1900) and Washington DC (600 14th St NW, 5th Floor). The firm was founded by partners drawn from Constantine Cannon LLP's antitrust practice, including Jeffrey I. Shinder, Matthew L. Cantor, and Managing Partner Kellie Lerner, and is led by three Founding Partners and a bench of additional Partners and Associates dedicated exclusively to competition law.

SCL provides end-to-end antitrust services across six core practice areas: Antitrust Litigation, Antitrust Class Actions, Antitrust Counseling, Agency Advocacy, Merger Control, and Pro Bono, with a separately articulated Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning practice covering secure legal research, document review, business operations support, and initial draft preparation. The firm represents both plaintiffs and defendants in bet-the-industry matters spanning Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals, Payments & Financial Services, Media & Telecommunications, Technology, and Transportation, with cumulative reported recoveries exceeding $8 billion for clients. Its matter docket includes the landmark $3 billion Visa Check/MasterMoney settlement, a $2.75 billion Discover settlement, the Sutter Health $228.5 million class settlement, and merchant coalition work on payment card interchange fees for Walmart, Amazon, Costco, Starbucks, 7-Eleven, Gap, and Lowe's.

SCL generates revenue through fee-for-service legal representation billed hourly and, on major cases, on contingency arrangements. New business is sourced through industry reputation, peer referrals, and thought leadership — including the Hub and Spoke podcast, ongoing insights publications, ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting participation, and earned media coverage. The firm does not publicly disclose its financial results as a private LLP, and the customer base is concentrated in enterprise-class Fortune 500 companies participating in either individual matters or multi-party coalitions.

Name

Shinder Cantor Lerner

Legal name

Shinder Cantor Lerner LLP

Website

https://scl-llp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Shinder Cantor Lerner is a national antitrust litigation boutique that represents plaintiffs and defendants in high-stakes competition matters, serving Fortune 500 enterprises across healthcare, payments, technology, transportation, and media with litigation, counseling, and merger control services from offices in New York and Washington DC.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Antitrust Litigation Services: SCL provides legal representation in antitrust litigation matters, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in complex civil antitrust disputes. Revenue is generated through hourly billing and contingency fee arrangements in major cases.
2. Antitrust Counseling: Advisory services on antitrust compliance, merger control, regulatory investigations, and business practices. Provides counsel to businesses on competitor collaborations, joint ventures, and trade associations.
3. Agency Advocacy: Representation before federal and state regulators including DOJ Antitrust Division, FTC, Federal Reserve, FCC, and state attorneys general. Also appears before international antitrust enforcement bodies.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SCL is a national antitrust litigation boutique that represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex civil antitrust disputes, including price-fixing, monopolization, exclusive dealing, tying, and group-boycott matters. The firm also advises clients on antitrust compliance, merger control, and agency advocacy before regulators such as the DOJ Antitrust Division, FTC, Federal Reserve, FCC, and state attorneys general, and supports these services with secure AI-powered legal research and document review tools.

Product overview

SCL is a national antitrust litigation boutique offering comprehensive legal services through a unified practice model. The firm provides six core service lines: Antitrust Litigation, Antitrust Class Actions, Antitrust Counseling, Agency Advocacy, Merger Control, and Pro Bono services, with a dedicated AI & Machine Learning practice area. These services are offered as integrated legal offerings rather than modular software products, with attorneys across all practice areas collaborating on complex bet-the-industry matters for plaintiffs and defendants alike.

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Products and services

• Antitrust Litigation Services Full-spectrum antitrust litigation representation for plaintiffs and defendants, including price fixing, monopolization, exclusive dealing, tying, and group boycotts cases, litigated through trial and appeal. Targeted at Fortune 500 companies, major retailers, and large enterprises facing bet-the-industry antitrust disputes.
• Antitrust Class Action Practice Prosecution and defense of significant U.S. antitrust class actions, covering investigations, class certification, settlement, trials, and appeals. Designed for clients involved in complex treble-damages class proceedings.
• Antitrust Counseling Advisory services on antitrust compliance, business practices, compliance programs, merger analysis, and litigation risk assessments. Advises businesses on competitor collaborations, joint ventures, and trade associations.
• Agency Advocacy Advocacy before federal and state regulators including DOJ Antitrust Division, FTC, Federal Reserve, FCC, state attorneys general, and international competition authorities. Handles administrative hearings and regulatory investigations on behalf of clients.
• Merger Control Guidance through international merger control processes including HSR filings, DOJ/FTC investigations, and coordination with global antitrust agencies. Provides risk assessments and clearance strategy for proposed transactions.
• Pro Bono Services Voluntary legal representation supporting organizations including the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, the Fair Food Program, KIND, and Lambda Legal. Covers antitrust and civil rights matters for underserved populations.
• Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Services AI-powered legal research and document review services using enterprise-level secure infrastructure, including dedicated servers and guarantees that client data will not be used to train public models or shared with third parties. Used by SCL attorneys to support client deliverables.

Named customers10 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Coalition of Immokalee WorkerscoreOthersSCL led the successful defense of the groundbreaking Fair Food Program against a group boycott claim brought by Del Monte Fresh Produce. The Fair Food Program has resulted in fair working conditions for farmworkers in Florida and other states.
• Kids In Need of Defense (KIND)minorOthersSCL works with the pro bono organization to provide assistance to unaccompanied refugee children seeking Special Immigrant Juvenile status in the United States.
• Lambda LegalminorOthersSCL provides pro bono legal services supporting Lambda Legal's mission for civil rights of LGBTQ+ community.
• Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws (COTSAL)coreOthersSCL's Kellie Lerner serves as President of COTSAL, an organization dedicated to supporting antitrust enforcement and private antitrust litigation.
• American Antitrust InstitutecoreOthersSCL attorneys serve on the advisory board of the American Antitrust Institute and participate in its programs and events.
• Hudson River Community SailingminorOthersSCL attorney serves on the board of directors for Hudson River Community Sailing in New York.
• Steven Houck Trial Training AcademyminorOthersSCL invests in attorneys' continued education by sending them to the prestigious Steven Houck Trial Training Academy for antitrust trial skills development.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Constantine Cannon LLP: Antitrust litigation boutique where SCL's founders and several current partners previously practiced. Constantine Cannon is the closest comparable: a national plaintiff-side antitrust boutique focused on bet-the-industry matters, with overlapping client verticals and similar Chambers recognition.
• Susman Godfrey LLP: Elite plaintiff-side litigation boutique known for bet-the-company commercial and antitrust trials. Comparable as a top-tier litigation boutique with trial-heavy practice and Fortune 500 client base.
• Boies Schiller Flexner LLP: Prominent litigation boutique with significant antitrust capabilities and a roster of marquee enterprise clients. Comparable as a high-stakes bet-the-industry litigation boutique competing for similar matters and clients.
• Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC: Plaintiff-side litigation boutique with a leading antitrust practice serving institutional plaintiffs in price-fixing and monopolization class actions. Comparable as an elite plaintiff antitrust boutique with similar case portfolio.
• Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP: Plaintiff-side litigation boutique with significant antitrust class action practice and consumer protection work. Comparable as an elite plaintiff boutique pursuing complex competition and consumer matters.
• Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP: The world's largest litigation-only law firm, with a substantial antitrust practice. Comparable as a high-stakes litigation boutique serving Fortune 500 clients in complex commercial and competition disputes, though broader in scope than SCL.
• Labaton Sucharow LLP: Plaintiff-side securities and antitrust litigation boutique known for major class actions and bet-the-industry matters. Comparable as a top-ranked plaintiff litigation boutique serving institutional clients.
• Hausfeld LLP: Global plaintiff-side antitrust and competition litigation boutique with offices in the US and Europe. Directly comparable as an elite plaintiff-side competition practice handling price-fixing, monopolization, and class actions across similar industries.

Broad incumbents

• Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz: Elite New York litigation and transactional firm with notable antitrust capabilities, particularly in M&A-related competition matters. Comparable as a high-stakes competition practice but with a much narrower client base and broader transactional focus.
• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP: Major AmLaw firm with a leading antitrust practice serving Fortune 500 clients on litigation, merger control, and counseling matters. Comparable as a top-tier competition law provider but with broader practice portfolio than SCL.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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