Charles Laporte-Bisquit

Experience

Antitrust/Competition

Charles played a key role as part of the legal team dealing with ground breaking claims as follows:

• Trains - The very first collective claim filed by Hausfeld back in February 2019, with co-counsel Charles Lyndon. It was also the first collective claim brought before the CAT on a standalone basis. Crucially for the regime more generally, in July 2022 the Court of Appeal held in Trains that liability can be determined on an aggregate basis in collective proceedings, which was a very important ruling for collective proceedings in the UK. We helped progress the case over 5 years during which the claim benefited from our competition litigation expertise.
• Acting on behalf of Christine Riefa Class Representative Limited, an SPV established by Professor Christine Riefa for the purpose of bringing a claim against Apple and Amazon on behalf of millions of UK consumers who purchased Apple products. The collective action seeks damages of at least £500m for UK consumers who paid higher prices for Apple products due to a secret deal between the global corporations, which saw Amazon restricting sales of Apple products by independent merchants on its marketplace.
• Representing a UK Automotive client against two defendant cartelists guilty of forming a cartel in the market for deep sea transport of new cars, trucks and other large vehicles, on various routes.

Charles has been part of the legal teams working with car manufacturers on recovering damages as the result of the following cartels:

• Car Glass
• Bearings
• Wire Harnesses
• Alternators & Starters
• Maritime Car Carriers
• Thermal Systems
• Occupant Safety Systems
• Spark Plugs & Oxygen/Fuel Sensors