BIO:
Alice Bernstein is a Senior Associate in Scott+Scott’s London office. Ms. Bernstein specialises in acting for businesses and consumers who have suffered losses arising from anticompetitive conduct or misrepresentations or omissions relating to investments. Ms. Bernstein works closely with other members of Scott+Scott’s Antitrust and Competition and Securities’ practices, including evaluating and developing claims. Ms. Bernstein has worked on a variety of disputes at all levels of the English Courts and in arbitration proceedings. Her experience spans pre-action strategic advice through to complex, high value, multi-jurisdictional litigation.
Prior to joining Scott+Scott in June 2020, Ms. Bernstein spent six years in the London office of an international law firm, where her practice focused on insurance disputes for both claimants and defendants, and commercial disputes including an internal fraud investigation. This included a six-month secondment with the in-house legal team of a leading global insurer.
Ms. Bernstein has published on group litigation, as well as financial, regulatory and procedural matters.
REPRESENTATIVE CASES:
- Acting for a large number of retailers (including Vodafone, Hermès, GrandVision, Michelin, Soho House, Grange Hotels) in their claims in the English High Courts against Visa and Mastercard in relation to anti-competitive interchange fees.
- Acting for Doug Taylor Class Representative Limited in proposed collective proceedings before the Competition Appeal Tribunal against three major banks in relation to car financing.
- Representing a litigation investment company in claims arising from the Drawer Wraps and Drawer Fronts Cartels.