Environment
United Kingdom
13 February 2025
Praised for knowing 'how to resource cases most effectively and how to play to strengths', dispute resolution law firm Hausfeld & Co LLP notably acts for claimants across areas such as climate change litigation and environmental damage-driven litigation. The practice is jointly chaired by Ingrid Gubbay, a highly experienced litigator who continues to handle significant class actions, and banking litigation specialist Simon Bishop, noted for his expertise at the intersection of financial markets and climate change. 'Clear, quick and really clever', Wessen Jazrawi's recent workload covers both domestic and international proceedings, including before the Supreme Court.
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Testimonials
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‘The Hausfeld team are strategic in their approach to litigation, understanding the broader context and the motivations of clients when advising.’
'Simon and the team understand the broader context and wider strategic motivations of clients. ’
‘Hausfeld works together so seamlessly as a team: they seem to have a really strong handle on what each other are doing, how to resource cases most effectively and how to play to strengths.
‘Ingrid Gubbay continues to be a leading light: pushing legal boundaries.'
- 'Wessen Jazrawi is a brilliant lawyer: clear, quick and really clever.’
Key clients
- Thousands of Mercedes Customers
- The Environmental Law Foundation (ELF).
Work highlights
Issued claims in the group litigation against Mercedes-Benz in in the UK on behalf of individual and business purchasers of diesel Mercedes vehicles, acting with other claimant firms as part of the GLO Steering Committee.
Made oral and written submissions on behalf of Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) in support of their intervention in the Supreme Court hearing Manchester Ship Canal Company Limited (MSCCL) vs United Utilities (UU) in March 2023.
Lawyers
Practice head
Ingrid Gubbay; Simon Bishop
Other key lawyers
Wessen Jazrawi; Nicola Boyle