Benjamin Sirota
Lawyer
Benjamin Sirota is an experienced litigator who handles white-collar criminal matters, regulatory enforcement and internal investigations, with a particular focus on global competition issues. Mr. Sirota also litigates intellectual property matters, including international trade secrets disputes. A former prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, Mr. Sirota also brings significant private sector experience to his representation of corporations and individuals in multiple industries.
While at the Department of Justice, Mr. Sirota oversaw high-profile, cross-border criminal antitrust investigations and civil merger and conduct matters. In this capacity, Mr. Sirota worked with a number of competition enforcers and financial regulators, both in the U.S. and abroad. Mr. Sirota also has extensive experience litigating disputes touching the financial industry, including those involving claims of price fixing, fraud and market manipulation.
Mr. Sirota’s trial experience includes serving as lead counsel on a number of cases during his time as a Special Assistant District Attorney with the Kings County District Attorney’s Office. Mr. Sirota began his legal career as a litigator with Debevoise & Plimpton LLP.
Mr. Sirota is the former chair of the New York State Bar Association Antitrust Section.
Admissions
- New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- Executive Office for Immigration Review
Education
- University of Chicago Law School, JD
- Princeton University, AB
Accolades
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America, 2022
- Chambers and Partners Antitrust in New York, Band 5, 2022
- DOJ Antitrust Division Award of Distinction, 2014 and 2015
- Kobre & Kim Pro Bono Team Gains Asylum for Client Escaping Gang Violence
- Kobre & Kim Earns Top Recognitions in Chambers USA New York Rankings
- Benjamin Sirota Moderates Panel on Antitrust and the Supreme Court at New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting
- Benjamin Sirota Analyzes FTC Challenge of Microsoft-Activision Deal with Bloomberg Businessweek, WSJ and MLex
- Benjamin Sirota Analyzes “Striking” U.S. Antitrust Ruling Against Publishers in Global Competition Review
- Benjamin Sirota Recognized in Inaugural Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America Guide
- Benjamin Sirota Discusses Recent Changes in U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division with National Law Journal
- Benjamin Sirota Discusses the Expanding Scope of Antitrust Enforcement with The Hollywood Reporter
- Benjamin Sirota Speaks with the National Law Journal on Developments in Antitrust Enforcement
- Kobre & Kim and Benjamin Sirota Recognized in Chambers USA New York Antitrust Rankings
- Benjamin Sirota Previews U.S. Antitrust Regulatory Scrutiny of Microsoft-Activision Deal
- From Consolidation to Big Tech Self-Preferencing: Benjamin Sirota Previews Landmark 2022 in U.S. Antitrust Law
- Benjamin Sirota Looks at DOJ’s New No-Poach Antitrust Strategy in Bloomberg Law
- Benjamin Sirota to Quartz: UK’s Blocking of Facebook-Giphy Deal Signals Global Antitrust Regulators’ Low Thresholds
- Benjamin Sirota Speaks with Quartz on UK Antitrust Regulator Ordering Facebook to Sell Giphy
- Benjamin Sirota on DOJ’s Broad Antitrust Stance Against Penguin and Simon & Schuster Deal
- Benjamin Sirota on the Intersection of Fraud, Antitrust and the Financial Services Industry
- Benjamin Sirota Examines Possible Antitrust Enforcement Against Amazon by New FTC Chair Lina Khan
- Benjamin Sirota on Jonathan Kanter's Nomination to Head DOJ Antitrust Division in CQ Roll Call
- Benjamin Sirota Analyzes Second FTC Antitrust Case Against Facebook
- Benjamin Sirota Shares Insights with Law360 on DOJ’s Criminal Antitrust Prosecutions Against No-Poach Agreements
- Kobre & Kim Lawyers Part of Inaugural Class of Brazil-U.S. 40 and Under White-Collar Lawyers Initiative
- Benjamin Sirota Discusses U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission
- Benjamin Sirota and David McGill on Antitrust and Financial Services in Part 3 of Antitrust Podcast Series
- Benjamin Sirota, Nicholas Surmacz and Joshua Huang on Antitrust and Offensive Investigations in Part 2 of “Antitrust” Podcast Series
- Benjamin Sirota, Daniel Zaheer and Michael Ng on the Intersection of Antitrust and Intellectual Property
- Benjamin Sirota to be Program Chair for New York State Bar Association Antitrust Section Annual Meeting
- Benjamin Sirota Comments on the New International Antitrust Cooperation Framework in Compliance Week
- Benjamin Sirota Contrasts U.S. and European Antitrust Regime for Crain’s New York Business
- Ben Sirota on the DOJ Antitrust Division’s New Approach to Price-Fixing Cases
- Ben Sirota on Litigation Strategies for Private Damages Actions Based on Cartel Conduct in Brazil
- Matthew Boucher, Benjamin Sirota and Hartley West Host ABA Webinar on Criminal Antitrust
- Benjamin Sirota Discusses the Farelogix-Sabre Merger with Bloomberg Law
- Benjamin Sirota Discusses Qualcomm’s Dual Class Action Cases in Bloomberg Law
- Benjamin Sirota Discusses Probes that Big Tech Companies are Facing and their Potential Effects with Law360
- Ben Sirota Discusses a New Development in Antitrust Compliance from the DOJ Antitrust Division
- Benjamin Sirota on DOJ Antitrust’s Evolving Treatment of Corporate Compliance Programs with New York Law Journal
- Korean Companies Should Prepare For Rising U.S.-Korea Parallel Antitrust Investigations
- Chinese Companies Should Not Shy Away From Potential Disputes Against Korean Chaebol Competitors
- Global Companies Can Gain Advantage From Aggressive U.S. Antitrust Enforcement
- Risk Rises for Korean Companies as U.S. Pursues More Aggressive Antitrust Enforcement
- “Cartels Beware”: U.S.-Korea Antitrust Enforcement Likely to Reach a New Scale
- Don't Stand Passive Against Anti-Competitive Behavior: U.S. Court Endorses Private Sector Antitrust Tools
- U.S., Korea Antitrust Enforcers on Watch for Bid-Rigging in USFK Defense Contracts
- 5 Questions Raised By the DOJ's Partnership With Global Antitrust Enforcers
Professional & Community Involvement
- New York State Bar Association Antitrust Section, Executive Committee, Chair
- American Bar Association Antitrust Section, Member
- International Bar Association Antitrust Section Litigation Working Group, Member
Publications & Presentations
- Interviewee, "Why Choose One? Antitrust as an Enforcement Tool for Financial Services" (Our Curious Amalgam, November 2021)
- Speaker, “The Crossroads of Antitrust and Financial Services” (In House Warrior, March 2021)
- Speaker, “Antitrust and Offensive Investigations” (In House Warrior, February 2021)
- Speaker, “The Crossroads of Antitrust & IP” (In House Warrior, January 2021)
- Chair and Organizer, “New York State Bar Association Antitrust Section Annual Meeting 2021” (New York State Bar Association Antitrust Section, January 2021)
- Panelist, “Danos resultantes da prática de cartel: Uma comparação entre o Brasil e os EUA (Cartels: A Comparison between Brazil and the United States)” (IREE, May 2020)
- Panelist, "Bimonthly Criminal Antitrust Update" (American Bar Association, April 2020)
- Speaker, "The Politics of Antitrust: Candidates & Newsmakers Bringing Antitrust into the Spotlight" (ABA Business Law Section Webinar, January 2020)
- Panelist, "Benchmarking as a key activity for businesses: When may it start harming competition instead of enhancing it?" (IBRAC 25th International Seminar on Competition Policy, November 2019)
- Panelist, "The Politics of Antitrust" (ABA Business Law Section, September 2019)
- Co-author, "Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due: DOJ’s Policy Shift Allows Companies To Receive Credit for Antitrust Compliance Programs" (New York Law Journal, July 2019)
- Author, "The Complexities of Criminal Antitrust Investigations in the Wake of U.S. v. Connolly " (ABA Antitrust Section Insurance and Financial Services Newsletter, Summer 2019)
- Co-author, "The DOJ's Evolving Policy on Crediting Corporate Antitrust Compliance Programs: Bigger Carrots, Smaller Sticks" (New York Law Journal, May 2019)
- Panelist, "To Arb or Not to Arb: Teleconference on Mandatory Arbitration Clauses in Antitrust Cases" (ABA Antitrust Section, February 2019)
- Faculty Instructor, “New York State Bar Association Antitrust Expert Training Academy” (October 2018)
- Panelist, “Antitrust Analysis of Joint Ventures in the Financial Services Industry Teleconference” (ABA Antitrust Section, January 2018)
- Panelist, “Ears Burning? Information Sharing in Cartel Investigations Teleconference” (ABA Antitrust Section, September 2017)
- Faculty Instructor, “New York State Bar Association Antitrust Trial Training Academy” (May 2017)
- Presenter/Educator, “OECD Sector Workshop on Competition Rules in the Financial Sector” (Seoul, June 2016)
- Panelist, “Town Hall Teleconference, Insurance and Financial Services Committee” (ABA Antitrust Section, June 2016)
Credentials
Admissions
- New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- Executive Office for Immigration Review
Education
- University of Chicago Law School, JD
- Princeton University, AB
Accolades
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America, 2022
- Chambers and Partners Antitrust in New York, Band 5, 2022
- DOJ Antitrust Division Award of Distinction, 2014 and 2015
News
- Kobre & Kim Pro Bono Team Gains Asylum for Client Escaping Gang Violence
- Kobre & Kim Earns Top Recognitions in Chambers USA New York Rankings
- Benjamin Sirota Moderates Panel on Antitrust and the Supreme Court at New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting
- Benjamin Sirota Analyzes FTC Challenge of Microsoft-Activision Deal with Bloomberg Businessweek, WSJ and MLex
- Benjamin Sirota Analyzes “Striking” U.S. Antitrust Ruling Against Publishers in Global Competition Review
- Benjamin Sirota Recognized in Inaugural Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America Guide
- Benjamin Sirota Discusses Recent Changes in U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division with National Law Journal
- Benjamin Sirota Discusses the Expanding Scope of Antitrust Enforcement with The Hollywood Reporter
- Benjamin Sirota Speaks with the National Law Journal on Developments in Antitrust Enforcement
- Kobre & Kim and Benjamin Sirota Recognized in Chambers USA New York Antitrust Rankings
- Benjamin Sirota Previews U.S. Antitrust Regulatory Scrutiny of Microsoft-Activision Deal
- From Consolidation to Big Tech Self-Preferencing: Benjamin Sirota Previews Landmark 2022 in U.S. Antitrust Law
- Benjamin Sirota Looks at DOJ’s New No-Poach Antitrust Strategy in Bloomberg Law
- Benjamin Sirota to Quartz: UK’s Blocking of Facebook-Giphy Deal Signals Global Antitrust Regulators’ Low Thresholds
- Benjamin Sirota Speaks with Quartz on UK Antitrust Regulator Ordering Facebook to Sell Giphy
- Benjamin Sirota on DOJ’s Broad Antitrust Stance Against Penguin and Simon & Schuster Deal
- Benjamin Sirota on the Intersection of Fraud, Antitrust and the Financial Services Industry
- Benjamin Sirota Examines Possible Antitrust Enforcement Against Amazon by New FTC Chair Lina Khan
- Benjamin Sirota on Jonathan Kanter's Nomination to Head DOJ Antitrust Division in CQ Roll Call
- Benjamin Sirota Analyzes Second FTC Antitrust Case Against Facebook
- Benjamin Sirota Shares Insights with Law360 on DOJ’s Criminal Antitrust Prosecutions Against No-Poach Agreements
- Kobre & Kim Lawyers Part of Inaugural Class of Brazil-U.S. 40 and Under White-Collar Lawyers Initiative
- Benjamin Sirota Discusses U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission
- Benjamin Sirota and David McGill on Antitrust and Financial Services in Part 3 of Antitrust Podcast Series
- Benjamin Sirota, Nicholas Surmacz and Joshua Huang on Antitrust and Offensive Investigations in Part 2 of “Antitrust” Podcast Series
- Benjamin Sirota, Daniel Zaheer and Michael Ng on the Intersection of Antitrust and Intellectual Property
- Benjamin Sirota to be Program Chair for New York State Bar Association Antitrust Section Annual Meeting
- Benjamin Sirota Comments on the New International Antitrust Cooperation Framework in Compliance Week
- Benjamin Sirota Contrasts U.S. and European Antitrust Regime for Crain’s New York Business
- Ben Sirota on the DOJ Antitrust Division’s New Approach to Price-Fixing Cases
- Ben Sirota on Litigation Strategies for Private Damages Actions Based on Cartel Conduct in Brazil
- Matthew Boucher, Benjamin Sirota and Hartley West Host ABA Webinar on Criminal Antitrust
- Benjamin Sirota Discusses the Farelogix-Sabre Merger with Bloomberg Law
- Benjamin Sirota Discusses Qualcomm’s Dual Class Action Cases in Bloomberg Law
- Benjamin Sirota Discusses Probes that Big Tech Companies are Facing and their Potential Effects with Law360
- Ben Sirota Discusses a New Development in Antitrust Compliance from the DOJ Antitrust Division
- Benjamin Sirota on DOJ Antitrust’s Evolving Treatment of Corporate Compliance Programs with New York Law Journal
- Korean Companies Should Prepare For Rising U.S.-Korea Parallel Antitrust Investigations
- Chinese Companies Should Not Shy Away From Potential Disputes Against Korean Chaebol Competitors
- Global Companies Can Gain Advantage From Aggressive U.S. Antitrust Enforcement
- Risk Rises for Korean Companies as U.S. Pursues More Aggressive Antitrust Enforcement
- “Cartels Beware”: U.S.-Korea Antitrust Enforcement Likely to Reach a New Scale
- Don't Stand Passive Against Anti-Competitive Behavior: U.S. Court Endorses Private Sector Antitrust Tools
- U.S., Korea Antitrust Enforcers on Watch for Bid-Rigging in USFK Defense Contracts
- 5 Questions Raised By the DOJ's Partnership With Global Antitrust Enforcers
Professional & Community Involvement
- New York State Bar Association Antitrust Section, Executive Committee, Chair
- American Bar Association Antitrust Section, Member
- International Bar Association Antitrust Section Litigation Working Group, Member
Publications & Presentations
- Interviewee, "Why Choose One? Antitrust as an Enforcement Tool for Financial Services" (Our Curious Amalgam, November 2021)
- Speaker, “The Crossroads of Antitrust and Financial Services” (In House Warrior, March 2021)
- Speaker, “Antitrust and Offensive Investigations” (In House Warrior, February 2021)
- Speaker, “The Crossroads of Antitrust & IP” (In House Warrior, January 2021)
- Chair and Organizer, “New York State Bar Association Antitrust Section Annual Meeting 2021” (New York State Bar Association Antitrust Section, January 2021)
- Panelist, “Danos resultantes da prática de cartel: Uma comparação entre o Brasil e os EUA (Cartels: A Comparison between Brazil and the United States)” (IREE, May 2020)
- Panelist, "Bimonthly Criminal Antitrust Update" (American Bar Association, April 2020)
- Speaker, "The Politics of Antitrust: Candidates & Newsmakers Bringing Antitrust into the Spotlight" (ABA Business Law Section Webinar, January 2020)
- Panelist, "Benchmarking as a key activity for businesses: When may it start harming competition instead of enhancing it?" (IBRAC 25th International Seminar on Competition Policy, November 2019)
- Panelist, "The Politics of Antitrust" (ABA Business Law Section, September 2019)
- Co-author, "Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due: DOJ’s Policy Shift Allows Companies To Receive Credit for Antitrust Compliance Programs" (New York Law Journal, July 2019)
- Author, "The Complexities of Criminal Antitrust Investigations in the Wake of U.S. v. Connolly " (ABA Antitrust Section Insurance and Financial Services Newsletter, Summer 2019)
- Co-author, "The DOJ's Evolving Policy on Crediting Corporate Antitrust Compliance Programs: Bigger Carrots, Smaller Sticks" (New York Law Journal, May 2019)
- Panelist, "To Arb or Not to Arb: Teleconference on Mandatory Arbitration Clauses in Antitrust Cases" (ABA Antitrust Section, February 2019)
- Faculty Instructor, “New York State Bar Association Antitrust Expert Training Academy” (October 2018)
- Panelist, “Antitrust Analysis of Joint Ventures in the Financial Services Industry Teleconference” (ABA Antitrust Section, January 2018)
- Panelist, “Ears Burning? Information Sharing in Cartel Investigations Teleconference” (ABA Antitrust Section, September 2017)
- Faculty Instructor, “New York State Bar Association Antitrust Trial Training Academy” (May 2017)
- Presenter/Educator, “OECD Sector Workshop on Competition Rules in the Financial Sector” (Seoul, June 2016)
- Panelist, “Town Hall Teleconference, Insurance and Financial Services Committee” (ABA Antitrust Section, June 2016)