Charles Laporte-Bisquit

Counsel
London

OVERVIEW

Charles specialises in competition damages litigation, with a strong focus on collective actions before the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal. He trained and qualified at Hausfeld in 2017, following a six-month secondment in banking litigation, and was promoted to Counsel in January 2025.

He has been a key member of legal teams representing European car manufacturers in cartel damages claims involving price-fixing in the automotive sector. Charles has also acted for class representatives in some of the most prominent collective proceedings in recent years, including actions against Apple, Amazon, Qualcomm, and rail franchises, brought on behalf of millions of UK consumers. His experience includes advising a diverse range of claimants – from SMEs to household names – in claims relating to cartels affecting purchases from trucks to feed phosphates and oranges.

Bilingual in French and English, Charles has lived and worked on both sides of the Channel.

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

Charles Laporte-Bisquit

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NEWS

Hausfeld announces nine senior promotions globally

Legal action filed following Apple and Amazon’s secret deal on marketplace access

Justin Gutmann successfully defends appeals against certification in Trains collective action

Hausfeld announces seven senior promotions globally

Justin Gutmann challenges operator of Great Northern, Southern, Gatwick Express and Thameslink in new collective trains claim

Justin Gutmann obtains certification for opt-out collective proceedings on behalf of train travellers

PUBLICATIONS

Recent key judgments and developments in UK competition law

Gutmann v First MTR South Western Trains Limited and Another: The UK Court of Appeal vindicates the emerging collective proceedings regime and consumer claims

Double certified: Two standalone claims for abuse of dominance receive seals of approval in the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal

PERSPECTIVES

Navigating remote evidence post-Brexit: key steps under the Hague Convention

The Court of Appeal vindicates the use of joint expert evidence in competition claims

2022 Year in review: competition disputes

The CAT: defendants must not communicate directly with members of a class

The Competition Cast - Trucks CJEU judgment & Gemalto

Private cartel enforcement not limited by regulatory arrangements on temporal scope

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