Our digital markets team has notable expertise in resolving complex technology disputes and is at the cutting edge of bringing collective actions against the biggest names in the industry. Our cross-practice group draws together specialist lawyers from our market leading antitrust/competition, commercial and financial disputes practices.
We have in-depth expertise across a variety of areas, including:
We work with a diverse range of clients including blue chip corporates, technology companies, trade and industry associations, public bodies and private individuals. We are rarely conflicted and can act against major tech companies – including Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple – where other firms cannot.
Our commercial litigation work includes contentious advisory and disputes work arising from troubled IT projects, together with breach of confidence, software licensing work and cryptoassets including the recovery of lost and stolen assets. Our team has a long, established track record in this area.
In the competition space we are active in some of the biggest abuse of dominance and merger control matters in the technology sector.
Our funding experience sets us apart from our competitors: we offer flexible fee arrangements and can share risk. We have longstanding relationships with many litigation funders and are accustomed to putting in place tailored funding arrangements for our clients.
Our team are frequent contributors to leading legal journals and are regular speakers in specialist conferences and the national media. Please visit our Digital Markets Hub.
For our additional Technology & Data Breach expertise in:
Legal 500 UK, 2022Nimble and effective litigators with great expertise and a commitment to claimant work.
Chambers UK, 2022Has notable experience in representing clients from the .... technology sectors.
Legal 500 UK, 2022Hausfeld is an exceptional claimant firm that is a specialist in building competition, consumer and data claims – whether follow on or standalone – including collective actions.
Chambers UK, 2020'Their sweet spot is collective actions. If you are bringing those kinds of cases they are going to be big ticket and the defendants will be well represented, so you need to have high-quality representation,' states one interviewee, going on to note: 'The firm is able to draw on its US experience where it is an obvious market leader, and I think it has helped shape the market here to a certain extent.'
Chambers UK, 2020Another source reports: 'They are able to perform an invaluable role in terms of pulling teams of economists together and having discussions with funders; they certainly have the network to handle these cases.'
Chambers UK, 2019Interviewees say that 'for claimant work, Hausfeld clearly leads the pack,' noting it is 'right to say that they are in a class of their own on the claimant side.' A source reports that this is a 'very dynamic, forward-thinking and pragmatic team, who are also fun to work with.'
