Competition Litigation

We have leading expertise across all key competition enforcement centres. Our specialist competition litigators combine technical expertise with strategic advice to pursue or defend claims on behalf of our clients before national courts across Europe, before the EU courts, the US courts and elsewhere. We work seamlessly across offices to represent clients in multi-jurisdictional litigation, ensuring a common approach and streamlined efficiencies.

We advise and represent clients in large, complex, often funded private litigation and class actions for competition law breaches. We also advise on complex procedural and substantive issues arising in criminal and civil investigations and dawn raids conducted by national competition authorities and the European Commission, as well as associated appeals. We also advise on preliminary references to the Court of Justice of the European Union.

We assist clients by:

• defending them against damages claims resulting from regulatory findings or standalone allegations of breaches of competition law, including collective actions
• advising and representing them in actions for damages for breaches of competition law
• advising on complex procedural and substantive issues arising in the context of criminal and civil investigations and dawn raids conducted by national competition authorities and the European Commission
• advising on appeals against decisions of national competition and regulatory authorities and the European Commission
• advising on various preliminary references to the Court of Justice of the European Union relating to the incompatibility of domestic legislation with EU law