Scott Campbell is Head of the Competition Disputes team in Hausfeld’s London office. He has extensive experience of acting on behalf of individual corporates or groups of claimants in a range of complex multi-jurisdictional disputes arising out of infringements of EU and UK competition law.
Expertise
Scott has acted on some of the largest cartel damages cases to date in England. He is currently representing a group of companies in the Competition Appeal Tribunal in respect of their damages claims arising from the European Truck cartel. This case was listed among The Lawyer magazine's Top 20 Cases for 2019.
He has successfully litigated many of the leading competition damages cases of the last decade or so in the English Courts. He is equally at home in the Commercial Court, the Chancery Division, the Competition Appeal Tribunal, the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court or in alternative dispute resolution. He also coordinates competition damages claims in other jurisdictions in the EU.
In addition, Scott has considerable experience in assisting clients with managing their litigation costs and risks through alternative fee arrangements - including contingent fee agreements, DBAs and CFAs, third party litigation funding and after the event insurance.
Clients
Scott has experience of acting for defendants both in regulatory investigations and damages claims, but since 2007 he has concentrated on acting only on behalf of competition damages claimants.
Having trained and qualified as a solicitor in 2004 with Norton Rose Fulbright in London and Brussels, he then developed his competition law expertise with Latham & Watkins. He became a partner at Hausfeld in 2017.
PgD in EU Competition Law, King’s College, London
PgDL & LPC, BBP Law School
M.A. (Hons.) & M.Lit in Modern History, University of St Andrews
Solicitor, England and Wales
Admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in the Republic of Ireland
Chambers
Scott Campbell acts for claimants on damages actions arising from EC cartel decisions. He often acts for clients from the energy and retail industries. "He is thoughtful, innovative, dependable, and someone who you would want on your side." - Competition Law Private Enforcement Claimant, Chambers UK 2022
Scott Campbell acts for claimants on damages actions arising from EC cartel decisions. He often acts for clients from the energy and retail industries. - Competition Law: Private Enforcement: Claimant, Chambers UK, Chambers Europe, 2021
Scott Campbell advises groups of claimant companies on follow-on damages proceedings filed in the UK. He also plays a key role in commercial claims brought in other EU jurisdictions. He is well known among market commentators as a skilled litigator. - Competition Law: Private Enforcement: Claimant, Chambers UK, Chambers Europe and Chambers Global 2020
Commentators say: “Scott is very unflappable, a calm head in turbulent situations and able to keep the team on an even keel." - Competition Law: Private Enforcement: Claimant, Chambers UK, Chambers Europe and Chambers Global 2019
“Scott has extensive experience in handling multi-jurisdictional commercial disputes arising out of infringements of EU and UK competition law.” - Competition Law: Private Enforcement: Claimant, Chambers UK 2018
An up-and-coming practitioner who gains recognition for his expertise from several market sources. His experience includes handling complex multi-jurisdictional claims involving both UK and EU competition law.
Legal 500
Ranked as a 'Leading Individual'. - Competition Litigation, 2022
Ranked as a 'Leading Individual': ‘The recruitment of Scott Campbell in 2017 was useful to the firm, as he brought a wealth of competition litigation experience with him.’ - Competition Litigation, 2021
Scott Campbell has been highlighted as an outstanding lawyer. - Competition Litigation, 2020
‘Scott Campbell adopts a strong pragmatic approach to issues that arise within litigation’. - Competition Litigation, 2020
‘Deeply experienced’ – Competition Litigation 2018 and 2019
Who's Who Legal
“Scott Campbell has established a reputation as a leading litigator acting on behalf of competition damages claimants”. - - Global Leader for Competition Plaintiffs, 2021
Scott Campbell wows commentators with his extensive skills in competition; impressed peers declare that they “have referred work to Scott in the past, and would do so again”. - Global Leader for Competition Plaintiffs, 2020
Scott Campbell is a well-regarded figure in the European market who offers clients over a decade of experience in litigating competition matters before the Court of Appeal and the Competition Appeal Tribunal among other venues. - Global Leader for Competition Plaintiffs, 2019
Furthermore, only one in seven of the individuals considered makes it on to the WWL Thought Leaders Competition, Plaintiffs list. In 2019, Scott was included as a Thought Leader for the jurisdiction of England & Wales.
The Lawyer Top 20 Litigation 2019
In 2019, The Lawyer nominated the Trucks cartel case in their Top 20 Cases for 2019: “In the UK, Scott Campbell and Anna Morfey are leading the team representing Wolseley UK Ltd & Ors, Suez Groupe SAS & Ors and Veolia Environnement S.A. & Ors. The trucks litigation is one of the most significant follow-on damages cases being heard in the English courts”, said The Lawyer, “Lining up to defend the manufacturers from further damages are some of biggest names in litigation.”
He is thoughtful, innovative, dependable, and someone who you would want on your side.
He is well known among market commentators as a skilled litigator.
The recruitment of Scott Campbell in 2017 was useful to the firm, as he brought a wealth of competition litigation experience with him.
Wows commentators with his extensive skills in competition; impressed peers declare that they 'have referred work to Scott in the past, and would do so again'.
Adopts a strong pragmatic approach to issues that arise within litigation
Commentators say: 'Scott is very unflappable, a calm head in turbulent situations and able to keep the team on an even keel'.
Has extensive experience in handling multi-jurisdictional commercial disputes arising out of infringements of EU and UK competition law.
