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Richard Pike
Richard Pike is a partner in the firm’s Antitrust Litigation and Counselling, Commercial Litigation and Whistleblower Practice Groups. His practice covers a broad range of litigation and counselling, specializing in competition litigation and regulatory appeals, particularly in relation to telecommunications. He also counsels whistleblowers under the various whistleblower regimes in Europe and the United States. Richard has considerable experience before the Competition Appeal Tribunal as well as before the High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and Privy Council.
Representative Clients, Cases or Matters
- Acting for Euronet, a leading payment services provider, in a dispute with Mastercard and Visa before the High Court and Competition Appeal Tribunal. The case was highlighted by The Lawyer magazine as one of its “Top 20 cases for 2023”.
- Acting for a large group of local authorities bringing a claim for compensation arising from the Trucks Cartel.
- Acting for leading merchants pursuing compensation in relation to anticompetitive interchange fees.
- Acting for a German manufacturer defending a damages claim arising out of the refrigeration compressors cartel.
- Acting for the complainants in four margin squeeze investigations before Ofcom, Ofgem and Ofwat.
- Acting for Royal Dutch Shell plc and affiliates in defending UK and Dutch claims for damages arising from the waxes cartel.
- Acting for Shell U.K. Limited in its successful appeal against the OFT’s infringement finding in Tobacco.
- Acting for Hutchison 3G UK Limited (Three) in litigation before the Competition Appeal Tribunal, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.
- Acting for Colt and Cable & Wireless UK in telecoms appeals before the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
- Acting for Independent Water Networks Limited in successful litigation before the Court of Appeal opening up the scope for competition in the operation of water networks.
Richard is recommended in Chambers UK, Europe and Global and in Who’s Who Legal: Competition. Before joining Constantine Cannon, Mr Pike spent 14 years with Baker & McKenzie LLP, including 4 years as a litigation partner in its London office and a year in its Chicago office.
WATCH: Whistleblower lawyer Richard Pike, partner at Constantine Cannon, joins Roundtable to discuss the importance of whistleblowers.