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Competition Law - UK
Individual Editorial
Hugo Leith plays a supporting role in many of the UK's most important cartel damages cases, often acting for defendants on high-profile collective damages actions. Leith has additionally acted for the CMA on key challenges to its decisions.
Strengths
Hugo has a lovely manner: he's very responsive, perceptive and experienced. He can add huge value to competition litigation.
He is brilliant to work with. He has no ego, rolls his sleeves up and gets involved. He becomes a seamless part of the team, and everything he does is quality. He is an absolute safe pair of hands.
Hugo is a very capable, easy-to-work-with junior - a real specialist.
He uses his strength as a commercial lawyer to great effect in the competition area. He's as smart as they come and completely unfazed. A great person to have on your team.