With private competition damages claims becoming more common, we advise on the offensive and defensive use of competition law before the courts, in both follow-on and stand-alone claims, and on the impact of these claims on the handling of cartel and other investigations.

Our experience includes advising:

• The defendant in one of the first follow-on cartel damages claims before the UK courts
• on a potentially significant damages claim following a decision of the European Commission that imposed heavy fines on members of a long-running EU-wide cartel
• a major EU purchaser of an industrial commodity on recovery of amounts paid to a dominant supplier that had denied access to lower-priced supplies of that product
• on a claim against a dominant supplier that had engaged in discriminatory conduct, in a situation where it was clear that the OFT would not take action. Within a month we had secured a remedy from the infringer that will result in a £2m improvement in the client's bottom line.