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Attorney By Attorney Career Profiles of the Profession Who? Ilene Knable Gotts Partner ikgotts@wlrk.com What? Primary Practice Area & Subspecialty Fields: Antitrust; Mergers and Acquisitions. When? In Practice Area: Since 1984 In the Legal Profession: Since 1984 Where? Employer: Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz www.wlrk.com Size/Sector: M & A firm, approximately 200 City/State: New York, NY Law School: Georgetown University Law Center Undergraduate School/Degree: University of Maryland, B.A. Why? Pluses/Challenges of Practice Area: High profile, cutting edge, time sensitive, demanding. Core Skills/Key Knowledge Needed in Your Practice Area: Economics background helpful. In order to practice antitrust law, one must continue to be a "student" throughout one's entire career. How? Career Path to Current Position: FTC Staff Attorney. Bar Affiliations and Activities: ABA Antitrust Section; New York State Bar Association; International Bar Association. Recent Professional Publications: Gotts, FY 2002 - All Quiet on the Antitrust Front in M&A Review?, publication forthcoming, Antitrust Report, (Winter 2003); Gotts, Katz, Angelova, Antitrust Review Continues to Play an Important Role in M&A in 2003, (publication forthcoming, Jan/Feb. 2004, M&A Lawyer). Gotts, FY 2003 - Bush Administration Continues on Straight Course, (publication forthcoming, Winter 2004, Antitrust Report). Gotts, Goldman, Piaskoski, The Role of Efficiencies in Telecommunications Merger Review, (publication forthcoming, Fall 2003, Federal Communications Law Journal). Gotts and Theophile, The Impact of Financial Distress on M&A Review - A Comparative Analysis, Business Law International, 101-196 (May 2003). Gotts and Goldman, The Role of Efficiencies in M&A Global Antitrust Review: Still in Flux?, 2002 Fordham Corporate Law Institute Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy Proceedings 201 (2002). Recent Professional Presentations: American Bar Association Fall Forum Committee, National Press Club, Washington, DC, Speaker, The New Climate for Mergers & Acquisitions, November 7, 2002. Fordham Corporate Law Institute, 29th Annual Conference on International Law & Policy, Speaker, Merger Review, New York, New York, October 31, 2002. ABA Fall Forum, Moderator, Merger Enforcement Developments on Both Sides of the Atlantic -- Is Convergence Happening or a Myth?, Washington D.C., November 18, 2003. IBA Competition Conference, Speaker, Merger Analytical Framework, Fiesole, Italy, October 10, 2003. Canada Bar Association, The 2003 Annual Fall Conference on Competition Law, Speaker, Multinational Developments, Ottawa, Canada, October 2, 2003. American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Speaker, An Overview of FTC and U.S. Department of Justice Activity in Mergers and Acquisitions, San Francisco, California, August 11, 2003.