Hannah McEwen

  • Associate
  • London
  • hmcewen@hausfeld.com
  • +44 20 7645 5480
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-mcewen-81820643/?originalSubdomain=uk
Hannah McEwen

OVERVIEW

Hannah is an Associate with experience working on large-scale competition and commercial disputes.

Expertise

Hannah joins Hausfeld from Simmons & Simmons, where she worked extensively on competition collective proceedings and high value commercial litigation matters. She has significant experience working with economists and dealing with complex disclosure and procedural issues.

Hannah has also completed a 10-month secondment in the litigation division of a large telecommunications company. She has worked on various pro bono matters and environmental initiatives, including a fund providing £100,000 worth of legal support to GreenTech start-ups working to tackle climate change.

Hannah is fluent in Spanish.

Clients

Hannah has worked for clients in a variety of sectors, including technology, finance and telecommunications.

EDUCATION

Legal Practice Course, BPP University (London)
Graduate Diploma in Law, University of Law (Guilford)
BA in Politics and International Relations, University of Sussex

BAR ADMISSIONS

Solicitor, England and Wales, 2020

NEWS

EVENTS

PUBLICATIONS

2022 in review: a look at key developments in opt-out collective redress in the UK

  • Kartell- und Wettbewerbsrecht
  • United Kingdom
  • Jun 28 2023

Collective consciousness: 2022 was another year of fast-paced development for the UK’s collective actions regime

  • Kartell- und Wettbewerbsrecht
  • France, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium
  • Feb 23 2023

PERSPECTIVES

Merricks: Mastercard counterfactual arguments fail

  • Kartell- und Wettbewerbsrecht
  • United Kingdom
  • Apr 14 2023

2022 Year in review: collective actions in the UK

  • Kartell- und Wettbewerbsrecht
  • United Kingdom
  • Dez 13 2022

Experience

Antitrust/Competition

Hannah has experience working on competition claims at previous firms, including:

  • a high value competition class action claim against a large telecoms provider
  • an appeal relating to the CAT’s approach to the certification of collective proceedings


During her secondment at a large telecommunications provider, she helped managed an extensive data collection and review exercise and assisted with drafting strategy communications for senior in-house legal counsel.

Commercial & Financial Disputes

At a previous firm, Hannah worked on:

  • a long-running FCA investigation into a large financial institution
  • a potential breach of trust claim against a multinational bank
  • a complex international arbitration against one of Russia’s largest private banks and connected proceedings in the UK High Court
  • a multimillion complex contractual dispute for a global financial institution relating to an equity capital market transaction

What I think

Merricks: Mastercard counterfactual arguments fail

  • Kartell- und Wettbewerbsrecht
  • United Kingdom
  • Apr 14 2023

2022 Year in review: collective actions in the UK

  • Kartell- und Wettbewerbsrecht
  • United Kingdom
  • Dez 13 2022