England - London • Dispute resolution
Linklaters LLP
Linklaters LLP houses a ‘first-class’ team with a ‘tradition of excellence’, which often advises on merger appeals and funded group litigation issues. ‘Excellent’ practice head Tom Cassels regularly handles large disputes and investigations, including collective actions. ‘Absolute superstar’ Sarina Williams has extensive expertise in conducting group litigation and class actions, and the defence of standalone damages claims. The ‘strategically-minded’ Harriet Ellis has deep knowledge spanning allegations of collusion and CMA decision challenges.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
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‘A team with a tradition of excellence in this field that continues to impress. They appear in many of the leading cases, and always produce a very high-quality product.’
‘Tom Cassels has a huge following and is a veritable repository of strategic litigation wisdom.'
- 'Sarina Williams is an absolute superstar, always bang on the money and already in great demand. She is bound for greatness in this field.'
- 'James Hennah is tipped for the top.’
‘Harriet Ellis is a complete class act, really clever, brilliant judgment, great to work with, a real team player. I would recommend her in any case.'
‘The Linklaters team is first-class. Huge experience, great attention-to-detail, and fantastic team players.’
‘Harriet Ellis is a commensurate disputes partner - very pragmatic and strategically-minded in her approach to the litigation, seeking to achieve the client's cool as quickly and effectively as possible, and always calm and collected.’
‘An incredibly deep and strong team with experienced partners; a Rolls Royce service. Tom Cassells is excellent, Sarina Williams is fantastic.'
Key clients
- UK Department for Transport
- Visa
- Sony Interactive Entertainment Limited
- Visa
- Telefónica S.A. and Telefonica O2 Holdings Limited
- Visa
- Sucocitrico Cutrale LTDA
- DENSO
- Société Générale
- Kelkoo
- BGL Group Limited/Comparethemarket.com
- HG Capital
- Intas/Accord
- Anglian Water
- Porsche
Work highlights
- Advising the UK Department for Transport in its role as intervener in four opt-out collective actions in the CAT.
- Advising Visa in relation on a stand-alone claim brought by Euronet against both Visa and Mastercard, alleging that some of Visa’s and Mastercard’s scheme rules relating to ATM transactions breach Article 101 TFEU and equivalent domestic legislation in Greece, Poland and Czechia.
- Advising Sony Interactive Entertainment on a proposed opt-out collective action before the CAT spearheaded by Milberg London LLP and the proposed class representative in relation to the operation of the PlayStation Store which alleges that Sony occupies a position of dominance with respect to PlayStation and has, contrary to EU and UK competition law, abused that position.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Next Generation Partners
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Tom Cassels