Marc Barennes

A company, association/foundation or law firm looking for a litigation funder to finance a lawsuit may be compared to an entity seeking to raise capital from a private equity investor. Like private equity investors, funders are all (very) different, and the proposal to finance a lawsuit that (...)

Introduction The compensation actions brought following the European Commission’s decision to condemn truck manufacturers for forming a cartel from 1997 to 2011 (Decision C(2016) 4673 final on a proceeding under Article 101 [TFEU] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case AT.39824 - Trucks), (...)

Late last year, the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereinafter the "Court") ruled for the first time in its Paccar judgment (CJEU Nov. 11, 2022, Paccar and others, C-163/21, ECLI:EU:C:2022:863). For a commentary on this judgment, see, for example, Barennes, Braeken, van den Berg and (...)

Litigation funding has become a key factor in bringing antitrust damages claims. As litigation funding has gained more widespread acceptance, litigation funders have also gained confidence in experimenting with new models and making increasingly competitive offers. Interview conducted by (...)

Interview conducted by Marc Barennes, CDC Cartel Damage Claims, Luxembourg. As a follow-up to the first interview with a litigation funder I carried out last year, it is my pleasure this year to interview Dr Isabelle Berger-Steiner, a Director and Head of Switzerland, France & Benelux (...)

This article discusses the limitation periods within which victims of a competition law infringement can bring an action for damages in the European Union. Firstly, it addresses the evolution of the European rules in this regard since 2005. Secondly, it provides an overview of the limitation (...)