Hausfeld Rechtsanwälte LLP

The firm: Hausfeld is a leading disputes-only specialist law firm with offices on both sides of the Atlantic. It pioneered competition damages actions in Europe and is recognised as an innovator in the legal market. Its team comprises highly experienced litigators with a proven track record in competition and commercial — including financial services, shareholder claims, technology and insolvency – litigation.

The firm regularly acts for a number of the world’s largest organisations. Its ability to offer flexible engagement structures, enables clients to pursue claims with a level of cost risk best suited to their circumstances. The firm’s conflict-free platform means that it can take instructions where many other firms cannot. It has considerable expertise in doing so for high profile and high value disputes. In Germany, Hausfeld has offices in Berlin,  Düsseldorf and Hamburg.

Types of work undertaken
Competition litigation: Hausfeld is widely recognised as one of the leading plaintiffs’ practices for antitrust litigation, especially antitrust damages actions and antitrust law in the digital sector, especially in proceedings concerning the abuse of market power by leading global technology companies (Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook).  The firm represents major international and small and medium-sized companies in the most important antitrust proceedings on a national and European level. Hausfeld’s antitrust practice regularly wins awards. Among others, in 2020 Global Competition Review recognized Hausfeld’s pan-European work on the Trucks cartel as “Litigation of the Year – Cartel Prosecution”. In addition, Hausfeld was nominated for “Antitrust Law Firm of the Year” by legal publication Juve in 2018, and won the Juve award for “Law Firm of the Year for Dispute Resolution” in 2019 inter alia due to its work in antitrust litigation.

Commercial litigation: The highly regarded Commercial Litigation team  has an excellent track record of litigating complex, high-value commercial and capital markets disputes. The firm has been substantially involved in the handling of the “diesel scandal” in Germany and is claiming damages on behalf of 35,000 VW buyers. Moreover, the practice has established a strong reputation with large shareholder lawsuits and proceedings in the field of commercial and product liability law.

Technology: Hausfeld is one of the leading law firms in the technology and media sector. The firm is recognized for its expertise in resolving disputes relating to the abuse of market power by Google, Amazon, Apple & Co and advises on fundamental regulatory issues in the digital sector at national and European level. The team represents well-known technology and media companies and associations from Germany and Europe.