Hannah McEwen

  • Associate
  • London
  • hmcewen@hausfeld.com
  • +44 20 7645 5480
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-mcewen-81820643/?originalSubdomain=uk
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OVERVIEW

Hannah is an Associate with significant experience working on large-scale competition disputes.

Expertise

Hannah advises on a range of contentious competition matters, and has most recently worked on various collective actions relating to alleged abuses of dominance against Big Tech companies in the Competition Appeal Tribunal.

Hannah joined Hausfeld from Simmons & Simmons, where she worked extensively on competition collective proceedings and high value commercial litigation matters.

Hannah has also previously been seconded to the litigation division of a large telecommunications company. She has worked on various pro bono matters and environmental initiatives, including a fund providing £100,000 worth of legal support to GreenTech start-ups working to tackle climate change.

Clients

Hannah has worked for clients in a variety of sectors, including technology, retail, finance and telecommunications.

EDUCATION

Legal Practice Course, BPP University (London)
Graduate Diploma in Law, University of Law (Guilford)
BA in Politics and International Relations, University of Sussex

BAR ADMISSIONS

Solicitor, England and Wales, 2020

Experience

Antitrust/Competition

Hannah has experience working on competition claims at previous firms, including:

  • a high value competition class action claim against a large telecoms provider
  • an appeal relating to the CAT’s approach to the certification of collective proceedings


During her secondment at a large telecommunications provider, she helped managed an extensive data collection and review exercise and assisted with drafting strategy communications for senior in-house legal counsel.

Commercial & Financial Disputes

At a previous firm, Hannah worked on:

  • a long-running FCA investigation into a large financial institution
  • a potential breach of trust claim against a multinational bank
  • a complex international arbitration against one of Russia’s largest private banks and connected proceedings in the UK High Court
  • a multimillion complex contractual dispute for a global financial institution relating to an equity capital market transaction