Ben Lewy

Barrister specialising in commercial litigation, competition, banking and finance, company law, civil fraud, public law and arbitration.

Current and recent major instructions include: Stasi v Microsoft - (led by Sarah Ford KC) acting for the Proposed Class Representative in high value (c.£2bn) collective proceedings against Microsoft. FDIC v Lloyds - (led by Richard Handyside KC and James Duffy KC) defending Lloyds in high profile competition law damages claims arising out of the LIBOR rigging scandal. ENRC v SFO - (led by Ben Strong KC) defending former SFO prosecutor against a conspiracy and misfeasance claim. Motorola v CMA – (led by Josh Holmes KC and Sarah Abram KC) defending the CMA in high value judicial review proceedings relating to the Airwave mobile telecommunications network. Allianz Global Investors v Barclays Bank – (led by Marie Demetriou KC and Colin West KC) a very large scale competition damages claim arising out of a foreign exchange market cartel. Various Claimants v Mastercard – (led by Tim Otty KC, Sonia Tolaney KC and Matthew Cook KC) defending over £1bn of claims brought by merchants against Mastercard in respect of interchange fees. Crane Bank v DFCU Bank – (led by Lord Pannick KC and Hannah Brown KC) acting for the Claimants in high value litigation arising out of the resolution of a Ugandan commercial bank.

Other recent cases include Lecaille v National Parking Enforcement Ltd [2025] EWHC 2281, a successful unfair prejudice petition on the grounds of extreme personal behaviour (unled); Seraphine Ltd v Mamarella GmbH [2024] EWHC 425 (IPEC), successfully resisting a jurisdiction challenge (unled); Dye & Durham v CMA [2023] CAT 46, the first reported case to consider spin-offs in the context of merger remedies; Dougan v HMRC [2022] UKFTT 140 (TC), a successful appeal against discovery assessments for income tax (unled).