Pierre is a disputes lawyer specialising in competition litigation, including collective actions, and general commercial disputes.
Expertise
Pierre trained and qualified at Watson Farley & Williams, gaining experience in commercial and finance-related disputes and in regulatory matters concerning competition and data protection. He later joined the competition litigation team at Harcus Parker, working on competition collective proceedings before the Competition Appeal Tribunal and high-value commercial disputes in the High Court.
BSc (Hon) in Law and French LLB, the University of Bristol
MA in European Interdisciplinary Studies, the College of Europe, Warsaw
Distinction, in Additional LPC Electives, BPP University Law School
Solicitor, England and Wales, Year 2019
At Hausfeld, Pierre is amember of the team representing a large group of multinational corporate clients in litigation against Mastercard and Visa before the Competition Appeal Tribunal, in respect of interchange fees on both domestic and cross-border transactions. This will include acting in Trial 3 of the Merchant Interchange Fee Umbrella Proceedings, listed for October 2027, which concerns the issue of exemption under Article 101(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
He assists on the FX collective proceedings brought by Mr Phillip Evans on behalf of individuals and businesses alleging losses on FX spot and outright forward transactions, and was part of the team involved in defending the Supreme Court appeals brought by the banks against the Court of Appeal’s 2024 decision.
Pierre also advises OEM clients in the automotive sector in relation to losses arising from anticompetitive conduct by suppliers of automotive parts.
Before joining Hausfeld, Pierre's work included advising on merger control and preparing notifications for multiple transactions, including for the acquisition of large-scale windfarm projects in Germany and the acquisition of a cruise line, and he provided general support to transaction teams on competition and data protection issues.
Before Hausfeld, Pierre was part of the team which:
