Cian Mansfield


BIO:

Mr. Mansfield is Partner at Scott+Scott London.  Mr. Mansfield specialises in acting for businesses and consumers who have suffered losses arising from anticompetitive conduct or misrepresentations or omissions relating to investments.  Mr. Mansfield works closely with other members of the Firm’s Antitrust and Competition and Securities’ practices, including evaluating and developing claims – often on a multi-jurisdictional basis.

Prior to joining Scott+Scott, Mr. Mansfield spent over six years in the London office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.  During his time at Freshfields, he worked on several leading competition damages claims (Cables, GIS, Power Transformers) and on several competition investigations in the financial services sector.

Following Mr. Mansfield’s LL.M., he completed a five-month stage (internship) at the Legal Services of the European Commission in Brussels.  Mr. Mansfield has published on competition law, private damages claims, and group actions.  Mr. Mansfield also frequently speaks at conferences and on webinars.

REPRESENTATIVE CASES:

  • Multiple retailers (including Vodafone, Hermès, GrandVision, Michelin, Dunelm, Soho House, Grange Hotels) in their claims against Visa and Mastercard in relation to anti-competitive interchange fees.
  • A solar power company in a dispute in the English High Court regarding founder’s shares and breaches of contractual and fiduciary duties.
  • Unilever, Danone, AkzoNobel, ArcelorMittal, Aperam, and Mondelez in claims in the Amsterdam District Court arising from the Trucks cartel.
  • A litigation investment company in claims arising from the Drawer Wraps and Drawer Fronts Cartels.
  • Acting for victims of the construction services bid-rigging cartel.