Recent antirust/contentious regulatory experience includes:

• Representing EE in a High Court claim brought by the administrators for Phones4U against multiple defendants relating to breaches of Article 101/Chapter I.
• Representing a group of leading football agencies in an arbitration against the Football Association and FIFA relating to the FIFA Football Agent Regulations.
• Acting for a corporate in a Chapter II claim issued in CAT.
• Representing a bank in relation to global investigations into the foreign exchange trading market including the European Commission’s related investigation.
• Representing a bank in the European Commission’s investigations into interest rate derivatives (Euribor/Libor) and related litigation.
• Representing Epic in the claim against Google in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (Epic v Alphabet Inc. and others) (in parallel with the collective actions against Google and Apple).
• Advising a client on a European Commission investigation in relation to online payment services.
• Advising a multinational corporate client on a potential abuse of dominance investigation by the European Commission.
• Representing a bank in a European Commission investigation into credit default swaps (CDS)
• Acting for Siemens in National Grid’s claim for damages against the gas insulated switchgear cartel in the High Court (National Grid v ABB and Others)
• Representing Barclays in its appeal to the Competition Appeal Tribunal against the Competition Commission’s decision on payment protection insurance (PPI)
• Representing a bank in the OFT’s investigation into professional services firms.
• Representing Bridgestone in the investigations by the European Commission and the OFT in relation to the marine hose cartel.

Cyber:

• a beverages wholesaler in their response to a cyber attack involving the exfiltration of personal and commercial data, including notification advice and leading a review of the client’s technical and IT governance
• a multinational insurance sector client on its response to a ransomware attack involving a significant data breach, involving the exfiltration of personal data, including issues surrounding demand for crypto-currency ransom
• a global business process management, data management and consulting services business respond to a large scale ransomware attack by an unauthorised third party, which compromised their internal systems and resulted in the encryption and exfiltration of a significant volume of potential personal data.
• a European subsidiary of an investment bank on the steps to take following a cyber incident whereby the email accounts of various employees had been accessed by an unauthorised third party following a phishing attack.
• a FMCG client on all aspects of a significant personal data breach including notifications to the ICO and affected individuals, cyber insurance, ransomware issues, regulatory investigations and civil litigation.