Daniel Hunt

  • Partner
  • London
  • dhunt@hausfeld.com
  • +44 20 7645 5498
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-hunt-5709023a/
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OVERVIEW

Daniel advises clients on contentious competition law issues, including global antitrust claims and collective actions as well as in high-stake commercial litigation.

Expertise

Daniel’s expertise lies in the resolution of contentious antitrust issues. He has been involved in a number of market-leading competition litigations and antitrust investigations in both England and across Europe, having acted on cases before the English Courts (the Competition Appeal Tribunal, High Court, and Court of Appeal) and before the European Courts at first instance and on appeal.

He acts for clients in competition damages claims (including collective actions), investigations by competition and sectoral regulators and has provided counsel on compliance with antitrust law across a range of matters, including horizontal, vertical, and dominance issues. He joins Hausfeld from Freshfields where he acted for a defendant in claims following on from the Europe-wide Trucks cartel.

Closely aligned with the Hausfeld ethos, Daniel also maintains an active pro-bono practice and has acted for NGOs on public interest interventions in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.

Clients

He acts for major corporates, financial and international institutions and other entities facing complex multi-jurisdictional competition law challenges.

EDUCATION

King’s College London, Postgraduate Diploma in European Competition Law

BPP London, Legal Practice Course and Graduate Diploma in Law

University of Durham, MA Philosophy

University of Durham, BA Philosophy and Psychology

BAR ADMISSIONS

Solicitor, England and Wales

Experience

Antitrust/Competition

Prior to joining Hausfeld, Daniel:

  • Assisted in securing the dismissal of a major cartel claim damages against Infineon Technologies AG by deploying a novel limitation argument, in a result upheld in the Court of Appeal.
  • Acted for a leading truck manufacturer in the co-ordination of its Europe-wide defence of claims arising from the European Commission’s decision relating to the trucks industry.
  • Acted for a major utilities company in its defence of proposed collective proceedings.
  • Acted for financial services client in its defence of allegations of multi-jurisdictional cartel conduct by a number of competition regulators.

Pro Bono

Daniel's pro bono work includes:

  • acting for a number of medical charities in a case before the UK Supreme Court on the role of medical experts in asylum claims by torture survivors;
  • acting for a homelessness charity before the Court of Appeal on a case related to late homelessness appeals; and
  • acting for a national humanitarian organisation in a case before the Court of Appeal related to the rights of refugees to family reunion.