Caroline  Edwards

Caroline Edwards

Partner

Caroline Edwards is a leading dispute resolution partner at Travers Smith, bringing decades of experience to the most complex and high-stakes competition disputes and corporate and commercial litigation matters.

She acts for major corporates, financial institutions and private capital clients facing high-value, high-stakes claims, providing authoritative senior representation across the full lifecycle of a dispute - from investigation and strategy through to trial and appeals.

Caroline's substantial competition litigation practice encompasses follow-on and standalone damages actions, cartel claims, abuse of dominance disputes, including in sport, and competition-related class actions. Her practice covers claims in the High Court, the Competition Appeal Tribunal, the Appellate Courts and before arbitral tribunals (including CAS). She brings exceptional depth of experience to multi-jurisdictional matters and is recognised for mastering technically demanding competition cases, translating complex economic and regulatory arguments into clear, commercially focused strategy.

Caroline is ranked by both Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners with consistent recognition for her expertise in competition litigation, corporate and commercial litigation and banking litigation.  She is in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame for Premium Commercial Litigation and has previously been included in the Lawyer Hot 100.

WORK HIGHLIGHTS

Acting for a European truck manufacturer defending multiple damages claims brought before the English courts (both as individual claims and as collective proceedings) arising from the European Commission's decision in relation to Trucks.

Acting for an addressee of the European Commission CRT Glass cartel decision in respect of the successful strike out of a damages claim brought by a monitor supplier.

Acting for a significant international smart card chip producer in a combined follow on and standalone damages claim brought in the High Court relating to the European Commission SmartCard Chips cartel decision.

Acting for Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (in administration) (LBIE) in connection with a number of disputes relating to the close-out of derivatives and other financial contracts following LBIE's entry into administration.

Acting for Investors and counterparties in a number of different cases involving CDOs, derivatives and complex structured products following the financial crisis.

Acting for Pathfinder Minerals Plc in connection with the disputed ownership of its mining licences in Mozambique and of the shares in its local Mozambique subsidiary.

Acting for London Mining plc in relation to a number of contentious matters, including a disputed additional royalty payment in respect of iron ore sales at the Marampa Mine in Sierra Leone and proceedings in Minnesota and England arising from a joint venture for the acquisition and development of an iron ore mine and processing plant in China.

Representing a private equity investor in connection with a substantial claim for breach of warranty and fraudulent misrepresentation/deceit following the acquisition of one of its investee companies.

Acting for a private equity firm in relation to claims made by certain co-investors following the restructuring of their investment in a well-known retail brand.

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