Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP regularly acts for both defendants and claimants in high-stakes standalone and follow-on competition claims. The firm’s client list includes key names from the financial services, retail, technology, and IP sectors. Kate Vernon boasts considerable experience in EU and UK competition litigation and regulatory investigations.

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  • ‘Very experienced and tenacious litigators. Great on both strategy and substance. ’

  • ‘Kate Vernon is great.’

  • 'An excellent Anglo-American service with increasing experience in UK-based aspects of international patent disputes.'

  • 'Kate Vernon is exceptional at handling complex multi-sector litigation as the UK part of an international strategic team.'

Key clients

  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
  • Frasers Group Plc
  • Liza Lovdahl Gormsen
  • Phones 4u

Work highlights

  • Acted for a group of institutional investors in claims for damages in England and the United States.
  • Acting for the FDIC in a claim for damages in the English Courts against a number of major banks.
  • Acting for Dr Gormsen in her CPO claim for damages arising from Meta’s abuse of dominance.

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Kate Vernon

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Leo Kitchen, Megan Betts, Cordelia Rayner, Aadil Master, Claus Wenzler, Alex Groes