William M Hannay III

Schiff Hardin LLP (Chicago) William M. Hannay is a partner in the Chicago-based law firm of Schiff Hardin LLP and concentrates his practice in litigation and counseling with respect to competition ...view moreSchiff Hardin LLP (Chicago) William M. Hannay is a partner in the Chicago-based law firm of Schiff Hardin LLP and concentrates his practice in litigation and counseling with respect to competition and trade regulation law at home and abroad. He is the leader of the firm's Antitrust Practice Group. Mr. Hannay chaired the American Bar Association's Section of the International Law and Practice in 1998-99 and later served as Chair of the ABA's Africa Law Initiative Council in 2000-02. In addition, Mr. Hannay is an Adjunct Professor at IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law in Chicago, teaching courses in international business negotiations, antitrust law, unfair trade practices law, and international criminal law. He is a founding member of the Board of Governors of the African Law Institute and a member of the American Law Institute. He also co-chairs the ABA-NCCUSL International Joint Editorial Board. He has written and lectured widely about antitrust and competition law, about how to avoid or resolve international disputes, and about the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, including seminars or programs sponsored by the American Bar Association, the American Conference Institute, the Institute for International Research, the Practicing Law Institute, and the Southwestern Legal Foundation. He is the author of the newly-released Designing an Effective FCPA and Anti-Bribery Compliance Program (Thomson/West) and the author or co-author of U.S. International Antitrust Enforcement (Bureau of National Affairs), Tying Arrangements: Practice Under Federal Antitrust, Patent and Banking Law (Bureau of National Affairs), Designing an Effective Antitrust Compliance Program (Thomson/West) and International Trade: Avoiding Criminal Risks (Butterworth Legal Publishers), as well as a contributing author to Antitrust Counseling and Litigation Techniques (Matthew Bender) and a co-author/editor of A Lawyer's Guide to Doing Business in South Africa (American Bar Association) and the Third and Fourth Editions of the ABA Guide to Foreign Law Firms. Before joining Schiff Hardin in 1979, Mr. Hannay was an Assistant District Attorney under Robert Morgenthau in New York City and, prior to that, a law clerk to Justice Tom Clark of the U.S. Supreme Court. He served with commendation in Vietnam with the United States Army (1967-68). He received his B.A. from Yale University in 1966 and his J.D. from Georgetown University in 1973.view less