Hausfeld & Co LLP

Firm Overview:

Hausfeld is a global disputes only firm, offering a bold and pioneering approach. Working alongside its clients, they shape law and transform legal practice with new ideas. As early adopters of offering alternatives to the standard billable-hour engagement, we can apply flexible and risk-sharing engagement structures. The firm’s largely conflict-free platform means that it can take instructions where other firms cannot. They have considerable expertise in doing so for complex, high value disputes and the firm's opponents are typically Magic/Silver Circle and top US firms. For more information about Hausfeld, including its case highlights, awards and testimonials, please visit www.hausfeld.com

Main Areas of Practice:

Competition/Antitrust:

Hausfeld is widely recognised as the market-leading claimant practice for European cartel damages claims. Their dedicated competition damages actions team — the largest in Europe — has been involved in more recoveries than any other firm. It is one of the few claimant firms with substantive experience in taking cartel damage claims to trial. It has the strongest antitrust automotive practice in Europe and offers in-depth expertise on the cross-over of IP and antitrust, having taken on some of the largest tech companies in the world. The team won the ‘Innovation in Legal Expertise – Dispute Resolution’award at the FT Innovative Lawyer Awards 2018 for its innovation on managing the Trucks litigation and Legal Business Awards 2019 shortlisted the firm as ‘Competition Team of the Year’for their work on the Bearings cartel.

Commercial & Financial Disputes:

Hausfeld’s commercial disputes team has an excellent track record in litigating complex, high value disputes, often with an international or multi-jurisdictional angle. The team has challenged some of the best known financial institutions worldwide and regularly receives referral work from some of the most recognised legal names when they are conflicted. For example, it was instructed on a number of the highest profile banking litigation cases arising out of LIBOR manipulation and interest rate swap mis-selling. In more recent years, the practice has grown and evolved and is now a go to firm for large corporate v corporate disputes. Lianne Craig who is now London Managing Partner was nominated as one of the Hot100 byThe Lawyerin 2021 and was recognised as ‘Individual of the Year for Dispute Resolution London’ byThe Legal 500in their UK awards 2020.

Human Rights/Environmental & Product Liability:

‘Righting a wrong’ lies at the heart of what Hausfeld LLP do. The team litigates and advises individuals and groups who have suffered human rights and/or environmental harms. Furthermore, they are experts in managing individual and group product liability claims across a range of sectors, including defective medical devices, pharmaceuticals and environmental damage. The firm also works extensively on climate justice. In 2021, the team won the ‘Innovation in Sustainability & ESG’ award at the FT Innovative Lawyers Europe Awards and before that it had been shortlisted for The Law Society Legal Excellence Awards 2019 in the ‘Access to Justice’ category for its work for #FreePeriods.

Technology:

This team has notable expertise in resolving complex technology disputes. Its cross-practice group draws together specialist lawyers from its market leading antitrust/competition and commercial and financial disputes practices. They have in-depth expertise across a variety of areas, including commercial disputes arising from technology projects, software licensing disputes, intellectual property disputes, data breach and privacy and claims arising from infringements of competition law in the technology sector.