Julia is a commercial litigator focusing on competition litigation which is international in scope.
Expertise
Julia is a German-qualified lawyer and joined Hausfeld London as an Associate in 2018. Prior to that she conducted part of her legal training at Hausfeld London as well as Berlin. A significant amount of her work involves cartel damages claims before the English courts or courts of the EU member states, often cross-border group actions, such as in the Trucks cartel case or the renowned ‘interchange fees’ litigation.
Julia also gained expertise in international arbitration whilst interning as a foreign qualified lawyer at Wilmer Hale London, working on high-profile cross-border disputes under various sets of arbitration rules.
Prior to qualifying as a lawyer, Julia completed her doctorate at Humboldt University of Berlin with research studies in Washington DC and New York City. She worked at the German Federal Parliament during her PhD, first in the Research Unit for Constitutional and European Law and subsequently for a Committee specifically tasked to investigate the failure of the German Governments, law enforcement and secret services in uncovering the existence and crimes of an active terrorist group. After the committee concluded its work, Julia joined the German Federal Ministry of Justice as a research associate for one year.
Clients
Julia has acted for several multi-national businesses in the wholesale and retail sector and various other industries. In 2020, Julia was seconded to the inhouse legal team of METRO AG, the biggest European wholesaler, for three months, and gained valuable in-house experience.
Doctor of Laws (magna cum laude), Humboldt University of Berlin
First State Exam (with honours), Humboldt University of Berlin
Second State Exam (with honours), Higher Regional Court Berlin
Registered Foreign Lawyer with the SRA since 2018
Admitted to the Berlin Bar (Germany), 2018
Julia's PhD, for which she received a special PhD award of the Humboldt-University in 2020, was published in May 2021 in German and is available to purchase.
The Lawyer Top 20 Litigation 2019
“The trucks litigation is one of the most significant follow-on damages cases being heard in the English courts”, says The Lawyer who counted it in its Top 20 Cases for 2019. Lining up to defend the manufacturers from further damages are some of biggest names in litigation. Julia is a member of the team representing Wolseley UK Ltd & Ors, Suez Groupe SAS & Ors and Veolia Environnement S.A. & Ors.
Julia was part of legal team brining pan-European claims on behalf of several large logistics, wholesale, consumer goods, haulier and other companies against the renowned Trucks cartel in the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
Julia also advised multiple shareholders of a large windfarm the in the Power Cables Cartel case before the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
She has been instrumental as part of the legal team leading claims against Mastercard and Visa in relation to renowned 'interchange fees' litigation on both cross‐border and domestic transactions in 18 European countries on behalf of over 1000 operating entities in 8 corporate groups – a complex and extensive dispute.
