Fergus Randolph KC has a wide-ranging practice, covering competition, sanctions, post-Brexit trade work, commercial agency, public procurement and all aspects of EU law.

He frequently appears in the Competition Appeal Tribunal, all divisions of the High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court as well as the General Court and Court of Justice in Luxembourg.

He also sits as an arbitrator.

Current cases/work includes:

Lead counsel in Collective Proceedings before the Competition Appeal Tribunal in the car financing case worth around £1 billion; Instructed on behalf of Squibb Group Limited in the appeal against the CMA’s Demolition and Related Services Decision; Acting for PriceRunner in a substantial follow-on competition damages claim against Google in the Swedish courts; Representing Morrisons Supermarket in three appeals against HMRC decisions, seeking to impose multi-million pound duties on the company; Appearing in the Commercial Court in major litigation dealing with ownership and control under Regulation 7(4) of the 2019 Sanctions Regulations; Appearing in front of the CJEU’s Grand Chamber on a case relating to events in the Kosovan conflict re the Court’s jurisdiction over the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy. Fergus is a full member of the Brussels Bar (Balie) and as such is entitled to advise and represent clients on matters of EU law before the EU Commission and the EU Courts in Luxembourg.

Prior to practising at the London bar, Fergus spent 15 years in Brussels including time at the European Commission and his practice has taken him to international jurisdictions such as Hong Kong, the Falkland Islands and the South Georgia Supreme Court.

Throughout his career, he has appeared in many leading cases including White v. White (House of Lords); Lonsdale (House of Lords); Quark (South Georgia Supreme Court and the House of Lords); Ingmar (European Court of Justice); Arkin v. Borchard Lines (High Court and Court of Appeal); Albion Water (Competition Appeal Tribunal); Churchill Insurance v. Wilkinson (High Court, Court of Appeal and European Court of Justice); Bloomsbury International (Supreme Court); Arcadia v. MasterCard and Visa (Commercial Court); Churchill v. Ede & Ravenscroft (Competition Appeal Tribunal); IRISL (General Court) and Tomanovic (General Court and CJEU).

Mantas Stanevičius is a Legal Secretary (Référendaire) at the Court of Justice of the European Union since October 2018. Before that, he was a Legal Secretary at the General Court for 5 years. Between 2009 and 2013, he was a Case Handler at DG Competition (European Commission). He also worked in various legal positions at the European Court of Justice from 2004 to 2008.

He heads the Houthoff Competition Litigation Team and focuses on (follow-on) cartel damages actions as well as damages claims for abuse of dominance.

Rick also advises on and litigates contractual and other competition law disputes in civil proceedings, including disputes on access to distribution networks and the performance and termination of commercial contracts.

In what are often complex multiple cross-border competition law damages claims, Rick helps clients determine the right strategy. He uses his legal and practical skills and expertise to create an overview for the client by fulfilling a coordinating role at the required national or pan-European level.

Rick also has extensive experience in advising on, negotiating and litigating many aspects relating to commercial contracts, particularly with regard to distribution, franchise, agency and e-commerce, including platforms (with a focus on the automotive sector and other high-end consumer goods).

Rick teaches at the Grotius Academy ('Competition and Liability') and is a member of the Dutch Association for European Law, the Dutch Competition Law Association, the Dutch Distribution, Franchise and Agency Association and the Lex Mundi Antitrust Competition and Trade Practice Group. He regularly speaks on international conferences and publishes on Competition Litigation and Distribution Law. Rick is also mentioned in the Legal 500 EMEA Guide 2021.

Recent matters & Highlights:

Representing defendants which include a Japanese bank, a major European truck manufacturer, a South Korean listed electronics manufacturer, a European air cargo carrier, a major European oil company, a gas-insulated switchgear manufacturer, a European chemical company and a major power cables manufacturer and supplier against several cartel damages claims submitted by claim vehicles and individual claimants as a follow-on to the (alleged) LIBOR et al., truck, cathode ray tubes, airfreight, bitumen, gas-insulated switchgear, sodium-chlorate and power cables cartel respectively.