England - London • Dispute resolution
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Stephen Wisking leads the ‘truly stellar’ team at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP alongside Kim Dietzel. The group is regularly instructed to represent clients in cases concerning unfair terms and pricing allegations leading to collective actions, often appearing before both UK and EU courts. Wisking has an ‘excellent strategic mind’, and is known for defending collective actions before the CAT, in addition to handling both standalone and follow-on claims; while Dietzel, praised for her ‘great judgement’, focuses on all aspects of private enforcement, often appearing in the CAT as an advocate. Natalia Rodriguez was promoted to partner in May 2023, and has vast expertise in abuse of dominance matters and antitrust investigations. ‘Standout’ senior associate Joe Williams acts in a number of regulatory appeals and CPO applications.
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Testimonials
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‘A truly stellar team with unmatched dual expertise across competition law and litigation.’
‘Kim Dietzel is responsive, thoughtful and direct, with great judgement.'
'Joe Williams is a standout associate who is always on top of the facts but with an eye for the big picture.’
‘Rolls Royce competition litigation department.’
‘Stephen Wisking is the most astute litigator in the city. Excellent strategic mind, superb technical expertise, a delight to work with.’
'The team has considerable depth of skill and expertise.'
'Stephen Wisking combines his acute intellectual ability with fantastic market knowledge and an enviable judgement.'
Key clients
- Meta
- Iveco Group
- Amazon
- MUFG Bank
- Roland
- The Computer & Communications Industry Association
- Aquind
Work highlights
- Representing Meta in an application for a CPO brought in the UK CAT by a proposed class representative on behalf of an alleged class of 45m Facebook users, seeking approximately £3bn in aggregate damages.
- Advising Amazon on its defence of a CPO application issued in November 2022 in the CAT brought on behalf of an alleged class of 50m Amazon customers in the UK, seeking approximately £1bn in aggregate damages.
- Advising Iveco as UK competition litigation counsel in relation to follow-on damages claims stemming from the European Commission's settlement decision in Trucks.
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Stephen Wisking, Kim Dietzel