Louisa is a Senior Associate and Solicitor Advocate in the Dispute Resolution team in London.
She has experience advising clients on a broad range of complex commercial disputes, including English High Court litigation, arbitration and mediation.
She has particular experience in group litigation, both in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (the "CAT"), the Commercial Court, and in the Court of Appeal.
She has also advised clients in the energy sector, most recently advising a major European energy company as buyer in a price review arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules in London, in which the Tribunal entirely rejected the seller's claim to a price increase under the contract.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- Uber in defending claims for unlawful means conspiracy valued at £340m brought by 13,000 black cab drivers and the owner of two minicab businesses. The claims were successfully defended on limitation grounds.
- Iveco, CNH Industrial and Stellantis as coordinating and UK competition litigation counsel in relation to follow-on damages claims stemming from the European Commission's settlement decision in Trucks, one of the most high-profile competition infringement and follow-on damages cases in Europe, and the first ever opt-in collective proceedings order certified by the CAT.
Sectors
Background
Louisa graduated from University College London in 2015 with a first class degree in French and Italian.
She qualified as a solicitor in March 2021 and joined Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer in June 2022 from another international firm.
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