Overview
Sarina is a Partner in the Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations team in London and Co-Head of the firm’s Global Competition Litigation practice. Sarina has extensive experience in the conduct of complex, high-value, often funded competition litigation before the High Court of England and Wales, the Competition Appeal Tribunal, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. She has acted for defendants in high-value proceedings relating to alleged antitrust infringements concerning interchange fees, ATM transactions, foreign exchange, car parts, mobile phone contracts, emissions, power cables, certain pharmaceutical products and a tech company’s digital store.
Sarina is a well-known commentator on UK collective actions, regularly speaking at conferences and being quoted in the press. Sarina was named one of The Lawyer’s “Hot 100 2024” and is ranked by The Legal 500 and Chambers.
Sarina is passionate about social mobility, gender equality, and ending the stigma around mental health awareness.
Experience
Sarina’s recent matters include:
- a mobile phone operator on its defence of a competition collective action relating to alleged overcharging of customers following the end of their minimum contractual term;
- a leading payment scheme in relation to numerous “stand alone” litigation proceedings brought by major retailers alleging that multilateral interchange fees on card transactions were levied in breach of Article 101 and Article 102 TFEU (and various domestic competition laws) across the High Court and the Competition Appeal Tribunal;
- a leading payment scheme on two collective actions (one opt-in and one opt-out) brought by retailers in respect of interchange fees before the Competition Appeal Tribunal;
- a global technology company on its defence of a class action alleging abuse of dominance relating to operation of its digital store;
- a global technology company on its defence of a class action alleging excessive pricing by reference to data protection principles;
- an online property portal on its defence of a class action alleging excessive pricing of its business class customers;
- a large car manufacturer on multiple sets of group litigation arising from the European Commission’s AdBlue decision;
- a global financial institution on its defence of large group litigation relating to alleged competition law breaches concerning FX trading;
- a defendant regarding Part 20 contribution proceedings brought in the UK in relation to damages actions following from the power cables cartel;
- a large payment scheme on its defence of competition proceedings brought by an independent ATM operator relating to its rules for operation of ATM transactions;
- a large car parts manufacturer on competition damages actions in the English court in relation to the car parts cartels; and
- companies in the pharmaceuticals sector on CMA investigations and subsequent appeals, and associated litigation risk.
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