Shaun
Kelly

Associate
Competition Litigation

+44 (0)20 7903 7932

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Shaun has gained experience across a variety of competition proceedings before the High Court, Court of Appeal and the Competition Appeal Tribunal. He has experience acting for a variety of clients in the UK, Europe and globally.

Expertise

Shaun has experience working on high-value competition disputes, including follow-on and standalone damages claims arising from the infringement of both UK and EU law.

In particular, he has expertise in complex cross-border multi-jurisdictional claims and has acted for clients in the energy, automotive, technology, transport and construction industries.

 

Recognition

Testimonials include:

“The team is smart, efficient and easy to work with.” – Chambers and Partners

“The Stewarts competition team has been a trailblazer for claimant work that is creative but deeply thought-through and strategic. They are a superb team, passionate about what they do, and clearly enjoy working with each other.” – The Legal 500


Career

Shaun started working at Stewarts in October 2019 as a paralegal in the firm’s Competition Litigation department before commencing his training contract in 2022. Shaun qualified into the Competition Litigation department as an Associate in 2024.

He completed seats in the following departments: Clinical Negligence, Commercial Litigation (Securities), Competition Litigation and Divorce & Family.


Experience

  • Acting for Swedish-State owned energy company, Vattenfall in its long-running dispute against major power cables manufacturers arising from the high voltage power cables cartel.
  • Acting for a significant group of major house-hold name retailers in their respective multi-million pound claims against Visa and Mastercard for damages relating to multilateral interchange fees.
  • Acting for M&S against DAF and Mercedes-Benz Group in a multimillion GBP claim following on from the well-publicised Trucks Decision of the European Commission.
  • Advising a major EU-based textile manufacturer in relation to a substantial claim for damages.
  • Acting for Swiss-based LafargeHolcim, one of the world’s largest building suppliers, in relation to its multi-million Euro pan-European truck cartel claim in the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
  • Acting for Gemalto, now part of global security giant Thales Group headquartered in France in their substantial pan-European smart card chip cartel claim.

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