Steris/Synergy a Decade Out: A Retrospective Assessment

Thu, Jul 24, 2025 | 10:30 am EST

On Thursday, July 24th at 10:30am EDT, The Capitol Forum will host Jeremy Sandford of Econic Partners for a conversation on his recent paper on the FTC’s challenge to the 2015 Steris/Synergy merger. The paper, which conducts a retrospective analysis of the deal, finds meaningful support in the post-trial data for the FTC’s challenge.

* To attend this call, you must provide a business email address. Registrations with a personal address will be denied.

Join us to learn more about:

  • The FTC’s theory of harm in the Steris/Synergy challenge and the litigation outcome
  • Empirical findings on post-merger margin increases and market outcomes
  • Lessons for merger enforcement and how the “expected value” approach to evaluating potential competition could be applied

Speakers:

Jeremy Sandford

Partner, Econic Partners

Nate Soderstrom

Senior Editor & General Counsel, The Capitol Forum

Reserve your spot today!