England - London • Dispute resolution
Addleshaw Goddard
The ‘outstanding’ Mark Molenyeux heads the team at Addleshaw Goddard, which is known for its ‘tremendous knowledge and experience’. The group handles a broad array of issues, including opt-in claims and class actions. Molyneux frequently acts for defendants in follow-on damages claims and allegations of anticompetitive agreements. Having acted in judicial reviews of CMA decisions, Rona Bar-Isaac has a great deal of knowledge surrounding abuse of dominance claims. Paul Chaplin is particularly adept at acting in predatory pricing claims within the energy, financial services, and transport sectors.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Fantastic to deal with, very commercial, very approachable, and they have the bandwidth to deal with multinational, complex legal issues. They are always at the cutting edge and pioneering developments. A brilliant firm to work with.’
‘Mark Molyneux is both bright and bold. The team has gone from strength to strength under Mark's leadership. He is an outstanding lawyer who you want to have on your side in competition litigation. Mark is a brilliant strategist who thinks outside the box and offers ingenious solutions to cases.’
- 'Samantha Haigh is a top-rate litigator who is brilliant to work with.’
‘Tremendous knowledge and experience applied in a practical and perceptive way, leading to good outcomes based on realistic predictions and considerable flair in delivery.'
- 'Paul Chaplin is bound to be a future star.’
‘The Addleshaw Goddard competition team has a large number of excellent lawyers across litigation and advisory areas of competition law.’
Key clients
- NKT group of companies
- The Road Haulage Association Limited
- Co-operative Group Limited
- Stats Perform
- Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
- Allergan plc
- SSE
- BMW dealers
- Lidl GB
Work highlights
- Advising the Road Haulage Association Limited as co-counsel with Backhouse Jones solicitors in relation to the RHA's collective action proceedings on behalf of more than 15,000 claimants for damages of over £1bn; the first certified opt-in collective action in the UK.
- Defending the NKT group of companies in the class action proceedings, claiming damages in excess of £600m on behalf of millions of electricity bill payers in Great Britain, brought by the class representative following-on from the Power Cables cartel.
- Advising more than 55 BMW/MINI dealerships in the defence of a series of group actions for over £100m being brought in the Competition List of the High Court on behalf of approximately 50,000 potential claimants.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Mark Molyneux