Max Strasberg is a senior associate in the dispute resolution practice of Ashurst. Max specialises in competition litigation, with an emphasis on cartel damages actions both on the claimant and defendant side. Max has experience of High Court, Competition Appeal Tribunal and Court of Appeal litigation. Max advises clients on a wide range of contentious competition matters (including investigations by competition authorities, follow-on damages actions, public procurement disputes involving judicial review) and general commercial disputes. He has specific and in-depth knowledge of the automotive industry. Max’s experience includes litigation arising from the Polyurethane Foam, Auto-Parts, Power Cables and Trucks cartels.
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This article has been nominated for the 2023 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. On 8 June 2022, the Competition Appeal Tribunal ("CAT") handed down judgment in respect of two applications for collective proceedings (heard jointly) (...)
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On 31 March 2022, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (’CAT’) refused to certify two claims advanced against a number of UK banks for their participation in a foreign exchange spot rate manipulation cartel as opt-out collective proceedings. The novel issue before the CAT at the certification (...)
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The English High Court has ruled that, on the facts of the case, claimants Gemalto had sufficient information about the smart card chips cartel to support a reasonable claim for damages at the point at which the European Commission issued its statement of objections to defendants Infineon and (...)
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On 5 March 2021, the Court of Appeal upheld a decision of the Competition Appeal Tribunal ("CAT") that the funding arrangements in place in two collective proceedings arising from the Trucks cartel are not damages-based agreements ("DBAs"). What you need to know - key takeaways The decision (...)
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In a highly anticipated ruling, the UK Supreme Court has dismissed Mastercard’s appeal against the principles established by the Court of Appeal (on appeal from the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal ("CAT")) in relation to the approval of class actions by the CAT. The case will now be remitted (...)
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On 11 November 2020, the Court of Appeal emphatically dismissed an appeal brought by five truck manufacturers against a judgment of the Competition Appeal Tribunal ("CAT") handed down in March 2020 relating to the evidential weight to be given to recitals to a European Commission infringement (...)
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BritNed Development Limited ("BritNed") brought a claim against ABB arising from the European Commission’s 2014 power cables cartel decision. In October 2018, the High Court found that there had been no overcharge but awarded damages for "baked-in inefficiencies" and "cartel savings" plus (...)
