Lucy Rigby > Hausfeld & Co LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Hausfeld & Co LLP
12 GOUGH SQUARE
LONDON
EC4A 3DW
England

Work Department

Antitrust/Competition Disputes / Technology & Data Breach

Position

Partner, London

Career

Lucy Rigby, one of ‘the’ market experts on collective redress, brings and manages large-scale group actions including opt-out claims in the Competition Appeal Tribunal. She is one of the lead partners in the abuse of dominance claim against Qualcomm and has brought claims on behalf of thousands consumers and businesses in their claims against Daimler arising from the emissions scandal during 2022.

Lucy has experience of conducting litigation before the Competition Appeal Tribunal, High Court, Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. She has worked on European and domestic antitrust investigations for public and private companies, as well as for the regulator, and has experience of working on high-profile merger transactions. Lucy also worked for Privacy International in its intervention in the European Commission’s review of Google’s acquisition of Fitbit and represented the Consumers’ Association (Which?) in its intervention in Mastercard v Merricks before the Supreme Court in 2020.

Hausfeld is a founding member of the Collective Redress Lawyers Association, CORLA, and Lucy was instrumental in launching the association during 2022 and remains their policy officer.

Previously at Slaughter and May, the Office of Fair Trading (now the Competition and Markets Authority) and Which?.

For more info, please visit ‘Who we are’ on www.hausfeld.com.

Memberships

Board Member at The Collective Redress Lawyers Association ( CORLA)

Lawyer Rankings

London > Dispute resolution > Competition litigation

(Next Generation Partners)

Lucy Rigby – Hausfeld & Co LLP

Exhibiting ‘unrivalled strength in depth‘, the ‘incredible team‘ at specialist claimant firm Hausfeld & Co LLP handles the full gamut of European damages claims, with particular emphasis on collective actions before the CAT. Practice head Scott Campbell has longstanding expertise in acting in cartel damage cases, often representing corporates before the CAT; while Anthony Maton has deep knowledge surrounding the private enforcement of damages actions. Nicola Boyle has ‘brilliant intellect’, and primarily focuses on cases concerning collective redress. The ‘extremely competent and imaginative’ Lesley Hannah maintains a tech-focused practice, regularly filing abuse of dominance claims against tech giants before the CAT; and Lucy Rigby frequently represents both consumers and businesses in opt-out claims and large group actions. Tom Bolster has ‘great technical strength’, and is particularly adept at acting for clients in the automotive sector in cartel-related disputes. Anna Morfey departed the practice in November 2022 to join Ashurst.

London > Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant

(Next Generation Partners)

Lucy RigbyHausfeld & Co LLP

Hausfeld & Co LLP is a market leader in the group litigation space, acting on competition claims across a wide range of sectors. Prospective shareholder and mis-selling claims, as well as product liability and human rights claims are all additional strengths of the practice . Nicola Boyle is the head of the team, with vast experience in collective redress cases; she has been acting on the high-profile collective claim against Qualcomm. A number of other impressive individuals form the team, including Lesley Hannah, who has technology-related expertise, Lucy Rigby, specialising in large-scale group actions, and managing partner Lianne Craig, who has ‘exceptional people skills’.