Luise Luetcke

Experience

Antitrust/Competition

At Hausfeld, she is part of the legal team:

• advising and representing certified class representative Liz Coll on the opt-out collective action on behalf of an estimated 19.5 million eligible UK users of smartphones and tablets running on Google’s Android operating system relating to excessive and unlawful charges on purchase in the Google Play store. The claim alleges that Google unfairly restricts consumers from accessing potential competition from other app distributors, by requiring smartphone manufacturers to pre-install a bundle of Google’s proprietary apps and services including the Google Play Store as well as imposing other contractual and technical restrictions.

Prior to joining Hausfeld, she was part of the legal team:

• acting for a German truck manufacturer in the renowned Trucks competition litigation follow-on damages proceedings in the UK courts and Competition Appeals Tribunal, including on multiple individual claims and competing applications for Collective Proceedings Orders.

Commercial & Financial Disputes

Prior to joining Hausfeld, Luise was part of the legal teams acting:

• for a multinational telecommunications company in the pre-action phase of a claim for unpaid indexation against a contractual counterparty.
• for a global financial institution on current and potential mis-selling claims in relation to investments in high profile funds.
• for a multinational commodities trader in respect of corruption allegations by the SFO and other agencies
• for a major UK bank in its defence of a civil and criminal FCA/PRA investigation into AML systems and controls