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About
Provided by Anna Morfey
Practice Areas
Anna is a Solicitor Advocate with over 20 years’ experience in Brussels and London advising on EU/UK competition law issues and litigating competition damages claims, both in relation to abuse of dominance/monopolization and cartels. Her litigation experience extends across the High Court, Competition Appeal Tribunal, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and, at European level, before the General Court and Court of Justice.
Anna has represented household-name clients – claimants and defendants – in some of the most high-profile EU and UK cartel investigations and damages claims including Trucks, Automotive Bearings, High Voltage Power Cables, FX, LIBOR, PU Foam, Smart Card Chips, Industrial Bags, Carbon & Graphite Products, Elevators & Escalators, Gas Insulated Switchgear and Marine Hoses. She has been involved in many of the antitrust cases concerning allegations of abuse of dominance by big tech, including Google, Microsoft and Amazon.
Anna also has extensive expertise in collective actions in the UK, with particular insight from the claimant perspective having acted for a number of proposed class representatives prior to joining Ashurst. Anna is currently acting for defendants in the Motor Finance and Mobile Handsets collective actions which were filed last year.
Anna is a regular speaker and panellist on competition litigation topics at conferences including, in recent years, the IBA's Annual Conferences (Paris and Miami), the UK Law Society's Antitrust Conference (London) and GCR conferences (London and Miami).
Chambers Review
UK
Anna Morfey of Ashurst has experience acting on claims in the transport, energy and technology sectors, assisting with opt-out collective claims and class actions for both defendants and claimants. Her practice also encompasses anti-competitive investigations and market studies.
Anna Morfey of Ashurst has experience acting on claims in the transport, energy and technology sectors, assisting with opt-out collective claims and class actions for both defendants and claimants. Her practice also encompasses anti-competitive investigations and market studies.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Anna Morfey is fantastic; she has a great practice and is very experienced."
"She is very calm, unflappable and hard-working. She makes herself available and has done a good job for us."
"Anna Morfey is a good strategic partner and knows the ins and outs like the back of her hand."
"I thought she was absolutely fantastic."
"Anna Morfey is fantastic; she has a great practice and is very experienced."
"She is very calm, unflappable and hard-working. She makes herself available and has done a good job for us."
"Anna Morfey is a good strategic partner and knows the ins and outs like the back of her hand."
"I thought she was absolutely fantastic."
Articles, highlights and press releases
4 items provided by Ashurst
Commission Publishes Guidance on Confidentiality in Damages Actions
On 20 July 2020, the European Commission published guidance (Communication) setting out measures to protect confidential information in private enforcement proceedings to assist national courts when faced with requests for disclosure of confidential information.
Conclusions From the CMA’s Market Study Into Online Platforms and Digital Advertising
On 1 July 2020, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority published its long-awaited final report of its online platforms and digital advertising market study and, in so doing, has confirmed what many have been saying for some time: serious competition concerns exist in this area.
No Press, No Public, No Scrutiny: Scania’s Appeal in Trucks Cartel
On 18th June 2020, the EU’s General Court is hearing an appeal by truck manufacturer Scania against a European Commission decision adopted in 2017 that found Scania participated in a 14-year price-fixing and information exchange cartel from 1997 to 2011 alongside five other major trucks manufacturer
Elite Gymnasts Consider Group Legal Action Against British Gymnastics
A group of elite gymnasts including four Olympians have joined discussions about a group legal case against British Gymnastics, following allegations of abusive coaching methods within the sport.
Commission Publishes Guidance on Confidentiality in Damages Actions
On 20 July 2020, the European Commission published guidance (Communication) setting out measures to protect confidential information in private enforcement proceedings to assist national courts when faced with requests for disclosure of confidential information.
Conclusions From the CMA’s Market Study Into Online Platforms and Digital Advertising
On 1 July 2020, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority published its long-awaited final report of its online platforms and digital advertising market study and, in so doing, has confirmed what many have been saying for some time: serious competition concerns exist in this area.
No Press, No Public, No Scrutiny: Scania’s Appeal in Trucks Cartel
On 18th June 2020, the EU’s General Court is hearing an appeal by truck manufacturer Scania against a European Commission decision adopted in 2017 that found Scania participated in a 14-year price-fixing and information exchange cartel from 1997 to 2011 alongside five other major trucks manufacturer
Elite Gymnasts Consider Group Legal Action Against British Gymnastics
A group of elite gymnasts including four Olympians have joined discussions about a group legal case against British Gymnastics, following allegations of abusive coaching methods within the sport.