Daniel is a senior associate in our competition, regulation and trade team, based in London.
Daniel has particular experience in competition litigation, investigations, merger control and regulatory advice.
Daniel has acted for clients, both as claimants and defendants, in leading and high-profile cases in the High Court of England & Wales, the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal and the Federal Court of Australia, as well as coordinated litigation proceedings in other jurisdictions globally.
Daniel also advises on competition and regulatory law and has experience of representing clients in the defence of investigations by competition authorities and other regulators. Daniel often acts for clients in specially regulated sectors including tech, energy, telecommunications and financial services.
Background
Daniel studied Commerce / Law at the University of New South Wales and is admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- Google in relation to a series of abuse of dominance claims relating to EU competition law infringements concerning Google Search (Shopping and AdSense), and which involve novel issues that lie at the heart of current policy debates in the technology sector
- General Mills in relation to the sale of its European dough business to Cérélia, a global leader in ready-to-bake dough solutions
- Daimler AG as claimant in a follow-on claim brought against maritime car carriers relating to the global roll-on, roll-off ocean transport cartel*
- The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in its fraud and competition law claims against major European banks in relation to USD LIBOR manipulation*
- A group of asset managers and other buy-side entities (including PIMCO, Brevan Howard, BlueCrest and Allianz) in a multi-billion pound dispute against 14 banks, arising out of manipulation of the FX markets over a period of 10 years*
- Qualcomm Incorporated in relation to an opt-out collective claim brought by the Consumers’ Association (“Which?”)*
- Daimler AG as defendant in follow-on claims relating to an EU competition law infringement concerning trucks*
*Experience gained prior to HSF
