Zoe Rachael Staum focuses on antitrust and competition matters, including complex civil litigation, investigations, and government reviews. Zoe has experience before the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), as well as federal and state court. She also advises clients on antitrust compliance and risk. Zoe represents clients in life sciences, technology, healthcare, manufacturing, media, payment card services, and other industries. Zoe is committed to pro bono and recently served as co-lead counsel for the nation’s leading nonprofit organization promoting mental health awareness for young adults in a favorably resolved dispute.
In addition to representing clients, Zoe is an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School, where she teaches legal writing and practice.
Zoe clerked in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She graduated with honors from Columbia Law School and was the Managing Editor of the Columbia Journal of Asian Law and a judicial intern in both the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Prior to law school, Zoe served as Director of Debate at Truman State University and earned her undergraduate degree from Lafayette College.
Experience
- Boston Scientific in securing antitrust clearance for the acquisition of Bolt Medical, Inc., a medical device company that is developing an intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) device to treat coronary and peripheral artery disease.
- Pharmacosmos A/S in its US$405 million acquisition of G1 Therapeutics Inc.
- Boston Scientific in securing antitrust clearance by the FTC with no formal action after a second request for its US$3.7 billion acquisition of Axonics, Inc.
- Onex in connection with the sale of ASM Global, a leading venue operator, to Legends.
- AbbVie in its US$8.7 billion acquisition of Cerevel Therapeutics.
Perspectives
Credentials
Education
- J.D., Columbia Law School, 2018
- B.A., Lafayette College, 2014
Admissions
- New York
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Clerkships
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, The Honorable Chad F. Kenney
Activities
- Member, Media & Technology Committee, American Bar Association
- Member, Antitrust Section, American Bar Association
- Member, ABA Antitrust Law Section Young Lawyers Advisory Panel (2019-2020)