The team at CMS handles a wide variety of regulatory investigations and disputes, often acting for pharmaceutical and technology companies. The ‘outstanding’ Brian Sher co-heads the practice alongside ‘very shrewd tactician' Kenny Henderson. Henderson has extensive expertise acting in follow-on claims and group actions arising from cartel and abuse of dominance matters. Sher regularly handles disputes in the energy, technology, and life sciences sectors, most notably including mediation of damages claims and judicial reviews.
Testimonials
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‘The team has strong skills in technology and life sciences.’
‘Brian Sher is outstanding. He has a real intellectual hunger to understand competition law and a work ethic which is second-to-none, clients appreciate his unhesitating devotion to their cause.’
Key clients
- Alliance Pharma Plc
- Arora Group
Work highlights
- Acting for Microsoft as defendant in an action brought by a second-hand software reseller claiming damages and injunctive relief for infringement of the Chapter II Prohibition Competition Act 1998 concerning Microsoft’s alleged abuse of a dominant position.
- Acting for the International Tin Association in defending an abuse of dominance claim from a metal trading company seeking in excess of £20m in the Competition Appeal Tribunal.