Reena A. Gambhir

Partner
Washington, DC

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Reena Gambhir is a partner in the firm’s Washington, DC office, is a member of the firm's Management Committee, and serves as the firm's U.S. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ("DEI") Partner. Reena represents a diverse array of clients around the world, including global businesses and individuals who have suffered losses due to anticompetitive behavior. She has played a leading role in some of the largest and most complex antitrust cases in the United States, including where she helped secure settlements of over 2.3 billion dollars on behalf of investors against some of the largest banks in the world. Reena’s wide-ranging experience allows her to uniquely advise and act for clients in all stages of litigation around the world, and achieve wide-ranging innovative strategies and solutions. Reena is committed to the private civil enforcement of competition law around the world.

In addition to her work in antitrust, Reena practices international environmental threats and human rights cases, including representing residents of Bhopal, India who were exposed to toxic wastes surrounding the Union Carbide Plant following the 1984 gas leak, and recently on behalf of a class of South African Gold Miners who suffered occupational lung disease.

As the firm’s U.S. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ("DEI") Partner, Reena leads the execution of the firm’s U.S. diversity strategy as well as ongoing and new initiatives to build a more inclusive culture and embrace a widely diverse workforce. She builds upon the firm’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of its business, including recruiting, hiring, training, leader development, business development, policies and practices. She also serves on the Pro Bono Committee and Summer Associate Committee.

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Reena represents clients across a broad range of industries, including individual and institutional investors, farmers, miners, consumers, and corporations and other businesses and individuals who purchased products at prices inflated by anticompetitive conduct.

- In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation – Reena is currently leading this high-stake lawsuit alleging a global conspiracy by some of the world’s largest financial institutions to fix and manipulate foreign exchange rates. In this case, Reena was instrumental in negotiating and drafting settlements reaching over $2.3 billion in total on behalf of investors. For its work on the case, Hausfeld received Global Competition Review’s award for “Litigation of the Year – Cartel Prosecution.”
- In re Farm-Raised Salmon and Salmon Products Litigation – Reena is co-lead counsel in this litigation alleging a price-fixing conspiracy between the leading producers of farm-raised Atlantic Salmon.
- In re Hydrogen Peroxide Antitrust Litigation – Reena was one of the principal lawyers to secure settlements totaling almost $100 million in an antitrust case involving the chemical industry.
- In re Refrigerant Compressors Antitrust Litigation – Reena represented global businesses in this alleged price-fixing case, reaching settlements of approximately $50 million.
- Marine Hose Litigation – Reena concluded the negotiations for the final claims resulting from the first of its kind private global settlement with cartelist Parker ITR.
- Reena is currently at the forefront of competition claims in South Africa, having worked with South African counsel in groundbreaking litigation on behalf of low-income bread consumers. This case resulted in a landmark ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) which determined for the first time the specific requirements for filing a collective action in South African courts.
- Reena represented residents of Bhopal, India who were exposed to toxic wastes. These wastes contaminated the soil and drinking water surrounding the infamous Union Carbide Plant, which was the site of the 1984 gas leak that killed and injured thousands of residents.
- Reena has been involved in litigation in both the UK and in in South Africa on behalf of South African gold miners who have suffered from silicosis. In South Africa, the Johannesburg High Court certified the case as a class action against most of South Africa’s gold mining industry. Following certification, extensive negotiations resulted in a landmark settlement in May 2018.
- Reena also assisted in the representation of the former “comfort women,” a title given to women and girls who were forced into sexual slavery during World War II.
- In her pro bono work, among other cases, Reena has successfully represented individuals in United States Immigration Court in political asylum proceedings.

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