Robert is Senior Legal Counsel in the highly specialized competition litigation unit within the Group Legal Department at Deutsche Bahn AG in charge of the defense and enforcement of damage claims resulting from antitrust violations. The unit is currently pursuing more than 20 cartel damage claims. Ten claims are being litigated in court in six different jurisdictions.

Prior to joining Deutsche Bahn’s competition litigation team in 2015, Robert worked for several years at international law firms in Brussels and Berlin in the fields of competition and State aid law. Robert studied at Freie Universität Berlin, Stockholm Universitet and King’s College London and is a German qualified lawyer admitted to the Berlin Bar.

Dr Martin Seegers is Director and Partner with CDC Cartel Damage Claims Consulting SRL, Brussels. He manages the overall legal work of CDC in some of the largest antitrust damage actions in Europe. This includes the legal strategy, analysis and conduct of cases, the acquisition process regarding corporate claims across the EU and the coordination with CDC’s external counsels in court proceedings. Given his broad experience and expertise in the field, Martin is a frequent speaker at international conferences on private enforcement of competition law and the innovative approach of CDC.

Prior to joining CDC in 2007, he worked for an international law firm and the Competition Directorate of the European Commission in Brussels. Martin studied law in Cologne, Paris (Maîtrise en droit) and Washington D.C., and obtained the International Certificate in Corporate Finance of Columbia Business School. He has widely published on antitrust claims, litigation, and settlements, including a doctoral thesis on European and international claims.

Gus is a leading litigation, legal and crisis PR expert with over 25 years’ experience managing litigation PR in high profile and highly sensitive commercial, civil and criminal litigation, regulatory investigations, public inquiries, class and group actions and white-collar crime claims.

Gus has led on the PR aspects in a number of major class actions including the first shareholder actions in the Volkswagen dieselgate claim and against Tesco for accounting irregularities. He has worked with representative groups in building class actions through PR campaigns across Europe and internationally and also represents defendants facing class actions.

Gus is Chambers ranked as a leading individual for Litigation Communications.

Miguel Sousa Ferro is a Professor at the University of Lisbon Law School, where he lectures courses in EU, Competition and Economic Law. He has a PhD from the University of Lisbon and an LL.M from the College of Europe. His most recent books include “The EU Antitrust Damages Directive: Transposition in the Member States” (Oxford University Press), “Market Definition in EU Competition Law” (Edward Elgar) and the soon to be published “Research Handbook on Competition Law Private Enforcement in the EU” (Edward Elgar). He is Managing Partner at Sousa Ferro & Associados and has been practicing law for 18 years. He is acting for claimants in over 20 opt-out consumer collective redress cases in Portugal.

Beatriz García is Litigation and Public Law partner at Pérez-Llorca since January 2018. She is an expert in defending clients before the Civil/ Commercial Courts, the Administrative Courts and in proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union.

She currently leads the practice on claims for damages related to competition law infringements, and is entrusted with providing legal advice on highly significant domestic and international matters in the automotive, energy, agri-food, financial and construction sectors, among others. Beatriz heads one of the pioneering teams in this practice in Spain and is recognised in the industry for her extensive experience in handling complex multi-jurisdictional matters.

An expert in public procurement and its recent changes, Beatriz also provides ongoing advice to domestic and international clients taking part in public bidding processes, and represents her clients in legal proceedings related to public procurement.

Beatriz García actively collaborates in scholarly activities in different areas of public and contract law, through teaching activities, publishing research articles and authoring academic texts.

Her practice covers all areas related to judicial proceedings including:

Protecting and defending her clients’ interests in matters of unfair competition and damage claims Defending clients in claims for damages in public procurement and civil works matters Defending clients in consumer and user issues She is highly skilled in advising on administrative proceedings and leading out-of-court negotiations.