Our company has had great success using RBB experts in cartel damages cases in court. They find credible, creative solutions and show real teamwork in their interactions with us as well as the team of lawyers.
Litigation and Damages
Our experts regularly testify in courts across the globe. They take part in concurrent evidential processes ('hot-tubs’) across a wide range of proceedings.
We are instructed across a wide range of cases, including standalone competition law claims, follow-on damages actions, contractual disputes and a variety of other disputes outside the competition law sphere.
Our reports are not only used in litigation before specialist and general courts, but also in arbitrations and in front of specialist tribunals. We also regularly assist with out of court settlements.
We provide comprehensive economic assessments in response to allegations of anticompetitive behaviour, including predatory pricing, exclusionary discounts, tying and bundling, refusal to supply, margin squeeze, excessive pricing, and self-preferencing. Our expertise spans the full spectrum of competition matters, encompassing market definition, dominance, abuse, collusion
Similarly, in damages actions, we are experts in the assessment of overcharge, pass-on and volume effects. RBB experts (collaborating with law firm Cuatrecasas) also authored the European Commission “Study on the Passing-on of Overcharges”, one of the core references on the issue of pass-on in antitrust litigation.
In the context of class actions, we also regularly develop and/or assess expert methodologies and opine on economic issues relevant to both commonality and feasibility.
Whether the issue is an appeal of a merger or antitrust decision, the size of a cartel overcharge, the economic merits of a standalone abuse claim, the value of data in digital markets, or a fair royalty rate, our experts are well-placed to assist.
