Makan Delrahim is the Chief Legal Officer for Paramount, a Skydance Corporation. He oversees all legal, regulatory, compliance and public policy matters for the Company, including oversight of Paramount's Government Relations team.
Prior to joining Paramount, Makan was a Partner at Latham & Watkins LLP, where he advised clients navigating complex mergers and transactions, government investigations, and high-stakes crisis situations.
Before Latham & Watkins, Makan served as the 35th United States Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, where he oversaw the review and resolution of hundreds of mergers and acquisitions, as well as criminal investigations and indictments spanning all industries. During his tenure, he expanded the Antitrust Division’s engagement with its international counterparts and initiated and negotiated the groundbreaking multilateral agreement among over 70 countries on fair procedures for antitrust reviews.
Prior to his appointment as Assistant Attorney General, he held senior posts at the U.S. Department of Justice, Capitol Hill, the White House and the Office of the United States Trade Representative, including as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, Commissioner on the Antitrust Modernization Commission, and Chief Counsel and Chief of Staff of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
Makan is an Adjunct Lecturer in Law at the University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches law and graduate business school students about the role of governments in M&A transactions. He has been active in criminal justice issues as a board member of the Aleph Institute and in homelessness as a prior board member of Chrysalis.
He holds an M.S. in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University, a J.D. from George Washington University Law School and a B.S. from the University of California. He has also completed Certificate programs in Machine Learning and Blockchain from MIT’s Sloan Graduate School of Management and completed the Certificate program in Producing at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.