Mass Claims

Our lawyers have in-depth knowledge of and gained extensive experience in mass claims litigation (and the Dutch WAMCA framework) acting for claimants as well as defendants. We have been involved in some of the largest European competition law follow-on claims in the Netherlands, such as the Air Cargo case. Because we have worked both for claimants and defendants, we fully understand the strategic decisions that inform winning strategies. We are also counsel to the claims’ administrator in the largest securities case settlement in Europe, the Fortis (Ageas) settlement.

Recent cases

• We are counsel to the claims’ administrator in the largest European securities case settlement having advised and represented claims’ administrator in a series of disputes under the settlement agreement relating to the administration of the claims
• Our lawyers have been part of the counsel team representing a major airline against various mass damages claims following an EC infringement decision
• Our lawyers have been part of the counsel team representing a listed aluminium and bauxite company in mass damages claims following alleged pollution in Brazil
• We have advised a major Dutch financial institution on the private international law aspects of the defence against a mass claim for alleged manipulation of Libor and Euribor
• We have acted as counsel in mock trials organised by a leading Dutch law firm in their preparations for the hearings in some of the largest mass claim actions in the Netherlands in the last two years