Before Hausfeld, Emma was part of the legal team:
- Advising a digital comparison tool on alleged anti-competitive conduct regarding online advertising restrictions.
- Advising the Trustees of a major Pension Scheme on various competition and regulatory matters.
- Acting for a leading global bank on multi-jurisdictional investigations by various authorities into a cartel in foreign exchange trading.
- Advising an investment fund on various competition and regulatory matters, including several acquisitions.
- Acting for a large construction company on its appeal to the Competition Appeal Tribunal against the Competition and Markets Authority’s market investigation into aggregates, cement and ready-mix concrete.
- Acting for a multinational tobacco company on proceedings against the Competition and Markets Authority arising out of the tobacco decision, which ultimately went to the Supreme Court.
At Hausfeld, Emma is part of the legal teams:
- Filed an opt-out collective action with the CAT on behalf of an estimated 19.5 million eligible UK users of smartphones and tablets running on Google’s Android operating system relating to excessive and unlawful charges on purchase in the Google Play App Store. The claim alleges that Google unfairly restricts consumers from accessing potential competition from other app distributors, by requiring smartphone manufacturers to pre-install a bundle of Google’s proprietary apps and services including the Google Play Store as well as imposing other contractual and technical restrictions.
- Kent v Apple, the landmark collective action brought by Dr Rachael Kent on behalf of millions of UK iPhone and iPad users, seeking approximately £1.5 billion in damages. In October 2025, the Competition Appeal Tribunal unanimously found that Apple has abused its dominant position by unlawfully excluding rivals and charging unlawfully high fees on purchases of apps, app subscriptions and in-app purchases made by UK iPhone and iPad users. As the first case brought under the UK's collective proceedings regime to reach a successful outcome at trial, the judgment represents a significant milestone for collective actions and competition litigation in the UK.
