Christy A. Matelis

Associate

202.220.6912

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Christy leverages her extensive experience as a former state antitrust enforcer to advise clients in antitrust and competition matters around the globe. She focuses her practice on merger clearance, government conduct investigations, antitrust compliance, and counseling.

During her tenure as an assistant attorney general for the State of Utah, Christy advised on merger reviews, and conducted investigations and enforcement actions across a diverse range of sectors, including technology, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, health care, retail, and consumer goods. She offers clients a deep understanding of state enforcement, drawing from her work on numerous multistate investigations and actions.

Christy also offers significant insight into federal enforcement, gained through her involvement in joint investigations and actions with the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice.

She is an active member of the Antitrust Defense Bar and holds a leadership position in the ABA’s Antitrust Section, currently serving on the AI Task Force. She has also written articles published by the ABA.

  • Assisted in representing SAP in its $1.5 billion acquisition of WalkMe, a workflow automation company.
  • Assisted in representing Mosaic ML, a leading generative AI company, in the $1.3 billion sale of its business to Databricks.
  • Assisted in representing Casetext, a legal startup with an AI powered assistant known as CoCounsel, in its $650 million sale to Thomson Reuters.
  • Assisted in representing Squarespace in its acquisition of Alphabet’s Google Domains business.
  • Assisted in representing OpsRamp, an IT operations management service provider, in its sale to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.
  • Assisted in representing Ipsen Pharma in its acquisition of Albireo Pharma, a leading innovator in bile-acid modulators to treat pediatric and adult cholestatic liver diseases.
  • Assisted in representing a publicly traded tech company’s acquisition of a startup data processing fabricator.
  • Assisted in representing a private equity firm’s investment in a leading insurance provider.
  • Assisted in representing a precision machine metal parts company’s acquisition of a bespoke component parts company.
Overview

Christy leverages her extensive experience as a former state antitrust enforcer to advise clients in antitrust and competition matters around the globe. She focuses her practice on merger clearance, government conduct investigations, antitrust compliance, and counseling.

During her tenure as an assistant attorney general for the State of Utah, Christy advised on merger reviews, and conducted investigations and enforcement actions across a diverse range of sectors, including technology, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, health care, retail, and consumer goods. She offers clients a deep understanding of state enforcement, drawing from her work on numerous multistate investigations and actions.

Christy also offers significant insight into federal enforcement, gained through her involvement in joint investigations and actions with the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice.

She is an active member of the Antitrust Defense Bar and holds a leadership position in the ABA’s Antitrust Section, currently serving on the AI Task Force. She has also written articles published by the ABA.

Representation Matters
  • Assisted in representing SAP in its $1.5 billion acquisition of WalkMe, a workflow automation company.
  • Assisted in representing Mosaic ML, a leading generative AI company, in the $1.3 billion sale of its business to Databricks.
  • Assisted in representing Casetext, a legal startup with an AI powered assistant known as CoCounsel, in its $650 million sale to Thomson Reuters.
  • Assisted in representing Squarespace in its acquisition of Alphabet’s Google Domains business.
  • Assisted in representing OpsRamp, an IT operations management service provider, in its sale to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.
  • Assisted in representing Ipsen Pharma in its acquisition of Albireo Pharma, a leading innovator in bile-acid modulators to treat pediatric and adult cholestatic liver diseases.
  • Assisted in representing a publicly traded tech company’s acquisition of a startup data processing fabricator.
  • Assisted in representing a private equity firm’s investment in a leading insurance provider.
  • Assisted in representing a precision machine metal parts company’s acquisition of a bespoke component parts company.
Insights

Articles + Publications

Federal Approval Is No Safe Harbor: State AGs Redefine Merger Risk in Trump 2.0 as 8 States Sue to Block $6.2B Nexstar-Tegna Merger

Articles + Publications

Troutman Pepper Locke Regulatory Oversight Newsletter – January 2026

Podcasts

12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 11 – FTC Enforcement Trends in a New Age

Articles + Publications

Regulatory Oversight Newsletter — June 2025

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Top areas of focus

  • Member, American Bar Association (ABA), Antitrust Law Section’s AI Task Force
  • Vice chair, ABA’s Antitrust Law Section’s Leadership Development Committee
  • Member, ABA’s Antitrust Law Section’s Black Squad

Education

  • Brigham Young University Law School, J.D., managing editor of administration, International Law & Management Review
  • University of Miami, M.A., liberal studies
  • University of Miami, B.B.A., economics

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • Utah