Matthew Bye is Senior Competition Counsel at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View. In this role, he advises the company on a wide range of competition issues, including mergers & acquisitions, product design, and government investigations.
Matthew previously worked at the Federal Trade Commission and in the antitrust practice at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Washington DC. During his tenure at the FTC, Matthew served as an attorney advisor to former Commissioner Orson Swindle, whom he advised on antitrust and consumer protection matters. Matthew also worked on designated projects for former Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour.
From 2001 through 2004, Matthew was an attorney in the Office of the General Counsel for Policy Studies, where he worked on a team that authored various FTC reports, including “To Promote Innovation: The Proper Balance of Competition Law and Patent Law Policy,” and “Generic Drug Entry Prior to Patent Expiration.”
Matthew is a recipient of the FTC’s Stephen Nye Award, which is the highest award given to a junior attorney, as well as an Award for Meritorious Service. Matthew served on the editorial board for the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Developments (6th ed.) and was formerly a chair of the ABA Antitrust Section’s Technology Resources Committee. He has written about and spoken at numerous conferences across the U.S. on antitrust issues involving the Internet, patents, and standard setting.
