Ms. Katherine Funk

Council Member Biography

Katherine Funk is a Partner in the Antitrust & Competition, Health Care and Litigation Practice Groups at Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal. She regularly counsels clients in matters before the Federal Trade Commission, where previously she was a staff attorney in the Mergers I Shop, the Department of Justice and state competition agencies. Further, Ms. Funk has represented both individuals and corporations in criminal antitrust proceedings initiated by the DOJ. Ms. Funk represents clients in Hart Scott Rodino and other merger matters before the FTC and the DOJ. She regularly counsels clients on issues arising out the Robinson-Patman Act, the Clayton Act, the FTC Act and the Sherman Act, including matters involving joint venture and group purchasing organization formations, clinical integration, provider reimbursement and supplier discounts. She has significant client experience in the health care (including hospitals and pharmaceuticals/biologics), food products, building supplies and consumer products industries. Recently, Ms. Funk led an inter-disciplinary team of attorneys in obtaining antitrust clearance from the FTC on behalf of Fresenius Medical Care in its acquisition of an exclusive license for the manufacture and marketing of Venofer, an IV iron drug essential to dialysis treatment. The matter involved issues of first impression regarding the inter-play of CMS reimbursement schemes and the incentives of a vertically integrated manufacturer and provider. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

2001 - Unspecified

Member, SONNENSCHEIN, NATH & ROSENTHAL, LLP

1997 - 1999

Staff Attorney- Mergers I, FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION (INC)