Macfarlanes LLP remains highly active across both regulatory appeals and private litigation, including individual damages claims and collective proceedings. Recent regulatory highlights include acting in high-profile appeals before the CAT against CMA pricing decisions. The group is also advising on a wide range of private competition claims, including several of the few cartel damages actions progressing to trial. Practice head Cameron Firth is an experienced litigator who has played a leading role in appeals against CMA decisions and major disputes before the English and EU courts. Simon Day is a trusted adviser to clients involved in complex antitrust litigation and group actions.
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‘The Macfarlanes competition team has a unique ability to combine its expertise with that of the firm's commercial litigators, to make one of the most formidable competition litigation teams in the city.’
‘Cameron Firth is a leading talent in the competition law world. He is known to everyone operating in the area and is involved in all the major cases.'
Key clients
- Auden Mckenzie Pharmaceuticals
- ZF Friedrichshafen
Work highlights
Advising Flynn Pharma on its successful overturning of the CMA’s remittal decision on unfair pricing.
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Practice head
Cameron Firth
Other key lawyers
Emma Radcliffe; Malcolm Walton; Simon Day; Tom Usher; Caja Griesenbach; Alex Evans; Jenny Reeves