OVERVIEW
Michael focuses his practice on EU and UK competition law.
Expertise
Michael offers experience in a wide range of matters involving abuse of dominance and cartel investigations before the Competition and Markets Authority, the Competition Appeal Tribunal, the European Commission, the High Court and the Court of Appeal. He has acted in relation to mergers and acquisitions and has advised clients on public interest mergers. He also provides advice in the application of competition law to a wide range of commercial agreements and practices.
Michael joined Hausfeld from Morgan Lewis & Bockius UK LLP, where he was an associate in the competition team. Previously, he was a trainee at Latham & Watkins LLP in Brussels. He was also a visiting lecturer in Copyrights and Trademarks at King’s College London and a stagiaire at the Office of the Hearing Officer for Competition Proceedings at the European Commission.
Michael speaks fluent Dutch.
EDUCATION
LLB (hons) Kings College London
LLM (hons) University of Cambridge, Downing College
Bar Professional Training Course, Kaplan Law School
LLM, USC Gould School of Law, Los Angeles
BAR ADMISSIONS
New York State Bar, 2018
England and Wales, 2018
NEWS
EVENTS
Experience
Antitrust/Competiton
Prior to joining Hausfeld, Michael was part of the legal team which:
- Acted for a pharmaceutical company in connection with challenges to search warrants by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) at the High Court and the Court of Appeal.
- Represented a pharmaceutical company on its appeal in the Competition Appeal Tribunal against the CMA’s infringement decision alleging that it was party to a market exclusion agreement in relation to adrenal insufficiency drug Hydrocortisone.
- Represented a pharma manufacturer on its appeal in the Competition Appeal Tribunal against the CMA’s infringement decision alleging that it was party to a market-sharing agreement in relation to Prochlorperazine, an anti-nausea drug.
- Acted for a global pharmaceutical company on its appeal in the Competition Appeal Tribunal against the CMA’s infringement decision alleging that it abused a dominant position on the market by charging unfair and excessive prices in relation to thyroid drug Liothyronine.
- Provided advice on the application of competition law to a wide range of commercial agreements and practices, in particular in respect of vertical agreements and agreements involving IP rights;
- Assisted in preparing responses to CMA statements of objections alleging infringements under Article 101 TFEU/Chapter I Competition Act, and Article 102 TFEU/Chapter II Competition Act;
- Assisted clients in submitting representations to the European Commission, the CMA, and the UK Intellectual Property Office in respect of proposed regulations for standard essential patents.
At Hausfeld, Michael is part of the legal team:
- Acting for the proposed class representative, consumer advocate Julie Hunter, in collective proceedings filed against Amazon.com, Inc. seeking damages on behalf of UK consumers for alleged anticompetitive conduct in relation to Amazon’s ‘Buy Box’.
- A representative collective action filed with the CAT on behalf of the Consumers’ Association (known as Which?) against Qualcomm on behalf of a class of around 29 million UK consumers alleging that Qualcomm abuses its dominance in the markets for smartphone chipsets and standard essential patents, the result of which is that Qualcomm is able to overcharge smartphone manufacturers like Apple and Samsung for its technology. Damages are estimated to be over £480 million.