Recent legislative and judicial developments have led to an increased focus on competition litigation, not only in the US, but across Europe and other parts of the globe where criminal sanctions are now being introduced.
As a result, expert, commercial competition litigation advice and representation is increasingly important for companies, not only as defendants but also using private litigation as a means of redress.
Linklaters’ specialist antitrust 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 across the globe. The leading cartel litigation and white-collar crime practice successfully conducts and co-ordinates multi-jurisdictional litigation for clients to ensure the best possible outcome.
We assist clients by
- defending clients against damages claims resulting from cartel findings
- advising and representing clients in actions for damages for breaches of competition law
- advising clients 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 European Court of Justice relating to the incompatibility of domestic legislation with EU law
Recent competition litigation cases include advising
- a leading European airline in relation to the European Commission and Department of Justice investigation, and subsequent private class action litigation, regarding the air cargo cartel
- two participants in the vitamins cartel in major litigation before the UK High Court and German Supreme Court in order to recoup losses made as a result of the cartel
- a leading chemicals company on its defence of the follow on damages claim before the UK High Court by a number of tyre companies in respect of the European Commission’s decision in the rubber chemicals cartel case
- a former chief executive on his appeal to the UK House of Lords against his extradition to the US in connection with the Morgan Crucible cartel proceedings
