Patrick Kenny

Prior to joining Hausfeld, Patrick worked on:

• High Court litigation involving a dispute over contractual rights.
• An international arbitration in the power sector.
• Criminal investigations into allegations of bribery, brought in Italy.
• Advising clients on swap documentation, explaining various LIBOR transition options, and negotiating with a counterparty bank.

Before Hausfeld, Patrick was part of the legal team that:

• Advised on the defence of CPO proceedings in relation to the ‘Trucks’ cartel follow-on damages claims.

At Hausfeld, he is part of the legal team working on:

• An opt-out collective action filed on behalf of UK publishers of websites and apps against tech giant Google in the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal. The claim alleges that Google has infringed competition law in the online display advertising market where over 200,000 websites and apps have lost out on ad revenue, and could therefore collectively receive an estimated £3.4bn in damages.
• The ‘Trains Boundary Fares’ claims: stand alone collective actions against the operators of the South Western and Southeastern rail franchises in the Competition Appeal Tribunal.

Patrick has previously worked on:

• Claims arising out of the Fundão Dam collapse in Brazil.

Before Hausfeld, Patrick was part of the team that worked on:

• The Ministry of Defence’s successful defence of a judicial review in relation to its statutory rights to enfranchise Service Family Accommodation.

While at Treasury Legal Advisers, Patrick advised on:

• The design of the UK Infrastructure Bank Bill and the Social Security (Additional Payments) Bill.
• A number of judicial reviews and various public law obligations, including those arising under the Equality Act 2010 and the Inquiries Act 2005.