Aparna Sengupta

Aparna Sengupta brings deep expertise to high-stakes antitrust, mass tort valuation, and consumer protection issues across complex markets.

Summary

Aparna Sengupta specializes in using empirical methods for antitrust and bankruptcy evaluation analysis. She has deep expertise in mergers (horizontal and vertical), collusion, policy, and monopolization cases involving two-sided markets. She was retained in United States v. Penn et al. on behalf of defendants—former executives at leading poultry processing companies—in a criminal antitrust price-fixing matter brought by the federal government. Other recent cases for which Aparna has led analyses and provided expertise on behalf of regulatory agencies include Federal Trade Commission v. Amazon, In re Peabody Energy Corp. et al., In re Tronox / Cristal USA, and against dental distributors In re Benco, Schein, and Patterson. She worked on behalf shippers in In re Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Litigation, and in American Express Anti-Steering Rules Antitrust Litigation II, she analyzed Amex’s market power.

Aparna is also skilled in evaluating class certification issues and Chapter 11 bankruptcy timelines. She played a key role in establishing the Data Science Committee at Bates White and has extensive experience in applying and advising on the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning. She has successfully managed cases that involve handling large and intricate data sets.