The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") named Bilal Sayyed as Director of the FTC Office of Policy Planning. Mr. Sayyed returns to the FTC after having previously served as an Attorney Advisor to the FTC Office of Policy Planning and to Chairman Timothy J. Muris.

Prior to his appointment, Mr. Sayyed was an antitrust counsel at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP. In his work, he represented clients before the FTC and DOJ in merger, civil and criminal antitrust matters, as well as in consumer protection investigations. He also represented investment funds on antitrust and Hart-Scott-Rodino Act compliance cases.

Before Cadwalader, Mr. Sayyed was a partner at McDermott Will & Emery, and Kirkland & Ellis. In addition to his practice, Mr. Sayyed teaches antitrust and competition law at the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School.

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