Collective Damages Actions: Antitrust Follow-on – Abuse of Dominant Position – Environmental – Investment
Class action for damages arising from PFAS contamination
Antitrust Follow-on Collective Damages Action
Cash-out and Funding Campaign
Refund of the Regional Surcharge on Natural Gas Excise Duty.
We identify the most relevant and well-founded cases, assess their legal and economic scope, and fund all costs and expenses required for the collective action — with no upfront payment or risk for participants.
Our approach favours discreet solutions and high-level negotiations aimed at securing fair redress while preserving, where possible, strategic commercial relationships with counterparties.
We accompany the groups involved at every stage: from the initial collection of documentation, through negotiation, to litigation where necessary, sharing every development and decision with full transparency.
In the most complex scenarios, we provide access to a network of the highest-calibre specialists with international experience, to maximise the prospects of success and the value recovered.
As an alternative to litigation funding, for certain collective actions we offer the option of a non-recourse assignment of the compensation claim, enabling participants to eliminate the risks and uncertainties of litigation and receive immediate liquidity.
We work with unwavering commitment to translate collective rights — too often unexpressed or difficult to pursue — into concrete outcomes and tangible value for those entitled to them.
Libra – FdC SpA shares with its clients a vested interest in obtaining fair and timely compensation, funding all costs and retaining a share only upon actual payment. We carefully verify the underlying grounds and available documentation, informing the client — at no cost — of the concrete prospects of joining the collective action and obtaining compensation.
Particular care is taken to preserve existing supply relationships in antitrust collective actions, through high-level and strictly confidential negotiations, with the aim of securing fair compensation and restoring transparency and trust within the supply chain.
Libra – FdC SpA continuously monitors the market, identifying cases of collective harm and violations of antitrust rules or other conduct giving rise to potential compensation claims. Where the grounds and merits for a collective damages action are established, Libra – FdC SpA publishes a dedicated section on the portal for the new case. Individuals and businesses subscribed to the newsletter are notified of the new case.
The interested party is assisted by Libra – FdC SpA’s professionals in gathering the documentation required to verify the antitrust damage (such as purchase invoices and supplier accounting records) or other type of damage. The documentation is reviewed by back-office staff through fully automated mass processing and provided to the appointed experts for damage calculation. The claimant then decides whether to entrust the recovery of the estimated damages, bearing no costs or risks in doing so.
For certain campaigns, we are able at this stage to offer participants a non-recourse payment in exchange for the assignment of their compensation claim.
In this way, participants obtain immediate liquidity, eliminating any uncertainty regarding the timeframe and the amount that may ultimately be recovered.
Libra – FdC SpA’s professionals prepare the documentation evidencing the damages suffered and the legal analysis relating to the unlawfulness of the supplier’s conduct in antitrust cases, or of the defendants in other types of collective damages action.
Negotiations are then initiated to secure compensation. Every subsequent stage, including any litigation, is shared with the client, who approves the strategies and collaborates in maximising the outcome while preserving the supplier relationship where this is of interest. Upon recovery of compensation, Libra – FdC SpA retains a predetermined percentage of the amount recovered. In the event of an unsuccessful outcome, no fee is due for the work carried out, and no risk — including in relation to adverse costs — will ever be borne by the client participating in the collective campaign.
