Our Global Class and Collective Actions team defends the world’s leading companies in their most complex, high-stakes disputes. With seamless coordination across jurisdictions and deep local and industry insight, we deliver effective strategies and get results. Wherever class actions hit, we’re the team businesses trust.
Class and collective actions are on the rise and spreading across industries and markets around the world. What has been an ever-present threat in the U.S. is now a global business risk, with claims surging across industries and borders. In the UK, EU, and beyond, claimant firms and funders are aggressively expanding their reach, turning many companies into targets. Our market-leading Global Class and Collective Actions team combines unmatched experience with deep regulatory insight and local expertise to protect clients across sectors — no matter the issue, no matter the market.
Our track record speaks for itself. In the U.S., we secure the most advantageous forums in proceedings before the Joint Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML), defeat class certification, and, on the rare occasion when class claims survive other challenges, defeat class claims at trial. In the UK and EU, we have decades of experience successfully defending clients from the largest product, consumer, ESG, and competition collective actions to have come before the courts. Our global team understands the important wider challenges class and collective actions bring and that they spread across borders. We design multijurisdictional strategies, combat adverse publicity, and achieve early dismissals.
Because we understand the key issues that commonly arise in major cases, we can minimize the burden of discovery and coordinate multijurisdictional class and collective actions. With our broad national and international footprint, you have access to a coordinated team to handle disputes seamlessly across multiple jurisdictions and forums. We counsel our clients on the latest legislative developments and help them prepare for emerging litigation risks, domestic and international issues.
Clients often turn to us for our international expertise to act as coordinated counsel for complex litigation with class and multi-party actions pending in several jurisdictions globally. We have the experience and we know your industry.
Won a complete defense verdict for Elevance Health (formerly Anthem, Inc.) in a class action trial in connection with its US$1bn demutualization and IPO.
Securing the dismissal of a €10bn representative action brought by millions of consumers in the UK and Netherlands for damages arising from alleged breaches of data protection legislation arising from its ad-targeting technology.
Successfully represented a global technology client against one of the biggest French consumer associations in front of the Paris Judicial Court which declared the claims inadmissible.
Defeated class certification and obtained summary judgment in a multidistrict litigation (MDL) proceeding brought against WellPoint, Inc. for alleged underpayment for out-of-network healthcare services.
Acting for a cryptocurrency exchange in a £9b UK competition class action alleging collusion to delist a currency, causing loss to holders.
Defending a pharmaceutical company against product liability claims by health insurance bodies in the wake of compensation to 30,000 claimants in Germany.
Representing a major European bank in a collective action before the Amsterdam District Court regarding the alleged manipulation of London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR).
Defeated class certification in a lawsuit in which plaintiffs sought recovery from LG Electronics, alleging U.S. nationwide RICO and consumer fraud act claims.
Successfully challenged certification of a UK competition class action against a water company in a claim alleging abuse of dominance misleading the regulator to the number of pollution incidents on its network.
Defended a health insurance company in multidistrict class action litigation and regulatory investigations arising from the largest health-related cyberattack in U.S. history.
Defending a captive bank in a class action started by an association claiming damages allegedly suffered by consumers who entered into financing agreements as a result of the captive bank's cartel in Italy.
Acting for a mail delivery provider in a £1bn UK competition class action brought by a class of purchasers of bulk mail services alleging that infringing conduct prevented them from benefiting from lower prices.
Successfully represented Equifax before the CFPB and the FTC, and led strategy to resolve major federal consumer class actions, the investigations by 50 state AGs, and the NY Dept of Financial Services.
Defending five UK diesel vehicle producers in unprecedented parallel greenwashing collective actions brought by 1 million+ claimants.
Represented a buyer in a US$2.5bn public hotel REIT merger against a shareholder class action suit in Delaware federal court alleging disclosure claims.
Defended UK agribusiness from ESG and human rights group action by workers from Southern Africa tea plantation, alleging gender-based discrimination, sexual assault, and harassment by male employees.
Acted for a global energy company in the defense of an environmental class action in the English court on behalf of 15,000 Nigerian fishermen in respect of alleged environmental damage in the Niger Delta.
