Anna Stellardi

At Hausfeld:

• Filed a collective claim in the Competition Appeal Tribunal against Google alleging that it has abused its dominant position by engaging in exclusionary and exploitative conduct in respect of its Play Store. Estimated damages run up to £920 million. The claim is now certified. 
• Filed a collective claim in the Competition Appeal Tribunal against Apple alleging that it has abused its dominant position by engaging in exclusionary and exploitative conduct in respect of its App Store. Estimated damages run up to £1.5 billion. The claim is now certified, and Apple’s application to strike out part of the claim has been defeated.
• Filed a collective claim against a price comparison website concerning its use of allegedly anticompetitive clauses in contracts.

Prior to joining Hausfeld:

• Represented two Defendants in a very high-value competition claim brought by Phones 4U against several mobile network operators.
• Represented a Defendant in respect of a follow-on damages claim concerning the cathode ray tubes glass cartel.
• Advised a fintech start-up in connection with a potential stand-alone claim against an established market player.

• Represented two Claimants in a high-profile civil fraud claim worth hundreds of millions in USD.
• Assisted with several smaller commercial disputes arising in the telecommunications sector.

Anna has consistently sought out pro bono opportunities and her help has made a real difference to her pro-bono clients. Her work includes:

• Co-leading a team that successfully obtained four interim non-molestation zonal orders and an occupation order in the context of a complicated domestic abuse case.
• Obtaining a non-molestation zonal order in the context of a domestic abuse case.
• Successfully advocating before the Social Security Tribunal with the result that the client’s Employment and Support Allowance appeal was allowed.