Noah Joshua Phillips is Co-Chair of Cravath's Antitrust Practice and previously served as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). He advises clients on a range of antitrust issues, including mergers and acquisitions, business conduct and compliance, litigation and investigations, consumer protection, and cybersecurity and data privacy.
On the FTC, Phillips played an integral role in precedent setting enforcement actions and regulatory efforts concerning antitrust, consumer protection and privacy. He decided dozens of merger and other antitrust enforcement matters across the economy, including in the consumer product, defense, energy, entertainment, healthcare, technology, pharmaceutical and retail industries. Phillips’s written antitrust opinions were consistently upheld by federal appellate courts.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2026 | Antitrust, Investigations & Litigations |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2025 | Antitrust, inc. M&A & Litigation |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2025 | Antitrust, Investigations & Litigations |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers | 2025 | Privacy, Data Security, esp. Competition |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers | 2025 | Antitrust, Investigations & Litigation |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2024 | Antitrust, inc. M&A & Litigation |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2024 | Antitrust, Investigations & Litigations |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers | 2024 | Privacy, Data Security, esp. Competition |
On the antitrust advisory front, Phillips has recently represented:
- Wiz in its pending $32 billion acquisition by Google, the largest-ever deal for a venture capital‑backed startup, per Bloomberg, and the largest‑ever cybersecurity M&A transaction;
- Frontier Communications in its pending $20 billion acquisition by Verizon Communications;
- Occidental Petroleum in the pending $9.7 billion sale of OxyChem to Berkshire Hathaway;
- The Aquarion Water Authority in its pending $2.4 billion acquisition of Aquarion Water Company from Eversource Energy;
- Illumina in its pending acquisition of SomaLogic;
- Disney in its pending combination of its Hulu + Live TV business with Fubo, and in ESPN’s strategic alliance with PENN Entertainment to launch ESPN BET;
- The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Paramount in the $28 billion merger with Skydance;
- HCSC in its $3.3 billion acquisition of Cigna’s Medicare businesses and CareAllies;
- Star Bulk Carriers in its $2.1 billion combination with Eagle Bulk Shipping;
- The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of EchoStar in the $26 billion combination with DISH Network; and
- Route Mobile and its founding shareholders in the ₹59.22 billion sale of a majority stake in Route Mobile to Proximus Group.
On the litigation front, Phillips is representing Fitness International in litigation brought by the FTC in California federal court, challenging the company’s cancellation procedures for fitness services under the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act and the FTC Act. He has also represented Tesla in consolidated putative class action antitrust litigation alleging it monopolized access to parts and services needed to repair its vehicles.
Phillips speaks and writes frequently on a range of topics, including antitrust, consumer protection, and privacy issues, as well as the evolving artificial intelligence landscape and the various risks that might be addressed through enforcement and regulation. In addition, in his role as an FTC Commissioner, he frequently testified before Congress and represented the FTC before international bodies, including the G7, the Competition Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners.
Prior to the FTC, Phillips served as Chief Counsel to U.S. Senator John Cornyn of Texas, on the Senate Judiciary Committee. He advised Senator Cornyn on a variety of legal and policy issues, as well as judicial nominations.