Rob Murray > Mishcon de Reya LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Rob Murray
Work Department
Dispute Resolution - Competition Law
Position
Rob is a highly experienced Partner in the firm’s Dispute Resolution department, specialising in competition damages claims. He represents high-profile clients in several leading competition damages claims in the English Courts, including representing Sainsbury’s in its precedent-setting claim against Mastercard in the CAT, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. He recently advised Europe’s largest consumer electronics retailer, MediaSaturn, on its successful defence of a strike out application made by Toshiba and Panasonic in relation to the CRT Cartel, and the European Commission in its defence of a £1.55 billion damages claim brought by UPS in response to its merger decision blocking UPS’s acquisition of TNT in 2013. Rob also represented Gina Miller in her successful challenge in the Supreme Court to the Prime Minister’s recommendation to the Queen to prorogue Parliament.
He is widely regarded as being at the forefront of his practice area and was recently named as a “Thought Leader in Competition 2019: Plaintiff” by Who’s Who Legal. He is ranked as a Leading Individual in Legal 500 and Chambers.
Rob has considerable experience in helping clients transfer the financial and commercial risks of damages actions, often against key on-going suppliers/commercial partners. This includes acting on the basis of a success fee or contingency fee, often combined with extensive third party “After the Event” (ATE) insurance, against “loser pays” and disbursement costs, and/or third party litigation funding arrangements.
Rob has also advised businesses in making complaints to national competition regulators and DGComp of the European Commission. He also has extensive experience of defending businesses that have been subject to “dawn raids” and other investigations in relation to alleged cartel activities and abuses of market power.
In relation to commercial agreements and transactions, Rob has advised parties to EU and UK mergers and, as a Reporting Panel Member of the UK Competition Commission, investigated and ruled on several Second Phase UK mergers such as British Salt, Heinz/HP and Svitzer/Adsteam. He has also advised on a wide range of commercial contracts.
Rob is Treasurer of the European Maritime Law Organisation, a member of the Steering Committee of the European Competition Litigation Forum and a member of the Competition Law Forum. He is also a former Reporting Panel member of the UK Competition Commission.
Career
Partner, Mishcon de Reya LLP; Partner, Head of European Antitrust Recovery Practice, Crowell & Mooring (London Office); Managing Partner, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld and Toll (London Office); Competition Commission Reporting Panel Member; Partner, Head of UK Competition Law, DLA; Director, K Legal; Partner, Bond Pearce; Articled to senior associate, Clifford Chance, (London and Brussels offices)
Memberships
Council Member of the European Maritime Law Organisation; Steering Committee of the European Competition Litigation Forum
Education
Magna Cum Laude, Vrije Universiteit, Brussels (LLM in International and Comparative Law); University of Oxford (BA in Jurisprudence)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
At Harcus Parker Limited, a team of ‘down-to-earth, pragmatic, and great team players’ acts on a diverse array of cases in the group litigation space. The expertise of the team extends across a wide range of collective actions, with experience in financial and shareholder actions, consumer cases, and equal pay claims. Competition Appeal tribunal work and data breach cases are also a mainstay of the practice, that for one client, consist of ‘group claim specialists and leaders in their field’. Damon Parker, a ‘charming and excellent strategist’ is the head of the team, having founded the firm in 2019. Parker has expertise in financial services and commercial claims, and is currently acting on the high-profile Woodford group action. Noted practitioners include Jeremy Robinson and Thomas Ross, who have ‘unparalleled knowledge and experience in group litigation’, and at associate level, ‘hugely bright and tenacious’ Matthew Patching, and ‘standout associate’ Olivia Selley. The team continues to grow, with Rob Murray joining as a consultant from Mishcon de Reya LLP in October 2022.
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