Alert 01.16.26
FTC Announces HSR Threshold and Filing Fee Increases for 2026 Transactions
The size-of-transaction threshold under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act will increase to $133.9 million, and the largest filing fee will increase to $2.678 million.
Evan Storm concentrates his practice on analyzing U.S. and multinational transactions and obtaining clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act and global merger control laws.
Evan counsels his clients in all aspects of Hart-Scott-Rodino filings, and in coordinating global merger control filings. He also advises clients on due diligence and integration planning issues. Evan has worked with clients in a broad range of industries, including: private equity, packaging, paper, software, life sciences, food processing, supermarkets and aerospace materials.
Prior to Pillsbury, Evan worked at the FTC in the Premerger Notification Office and specialized in Hart-Scott-Rodino Act reportability analysis.
Representative Experience
- Represented NTT Data in its acquisitions of Aspirent, Apisero, Postlight and Cognosante Consulting.
- Represented JFE Shoji Corporation in its acquisition of California Expanded Metal Products Co.
- Represented Wilbur-Ellis in its acquisitions of F.L. Emmert and Nachurs Alpine Solutions Corp.
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- Represented Tremor International Ltd. in its $239 Million acquisition of Amobee Inc.
- Represented Concentrix in its $131 million acquisition of ServiceSource International, Inc.
- Represented Concentrix in its $1.6 billion acquisition of PK.
- Represented Archaea Energy LLC in its business combination with Aria Energy LLC and Rice Acquisition Corporation.
- Represented SYNNEX in its $7.2 billion merger with Tech Data Corporation.
- Represented SYNNEX in its $2.43 billion acquisition of Convergys Corporation.
- Represented Inphi Corporation in its acquisition by Marvell Technology, valued at $10 billion.
- Represented Rancher Labs in its acquisition by SUSE.
- Represented Bal Seal Engineering in its $330 million acquisition by Kaman Corporation.
- Represented H.I.G. Capital and its holding company, recycled paperboard manufacturer Caraustar Industries, Inc., in its $362.5 million acquisition of The Newark Group.
- Represented Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. in its $13.6 billion acquisition of Life Technologies Corporation.
- Represented Google in its $700 million acquisition of ITA.
- Represented Ventura Foods in the sale of its Marie’s®dressings and Dean’s Dip®businesses to Brynwood Partners.
Professional Highlights
- New York Metro Rising Stars (2013–2015).
Education
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J.D., Benjamin Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva University, 2008
magna cum laude, Order of the CoifB.A., The Johns Hopkins University, 2005
Admissions
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District of Columbia
New York
Courts
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U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York