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Print Print 2019-11-07

Second US law firm plots London forex class action

US law firm Hausfeld plans to battle Scott & Scott for a high-profile London class action against major banks over alleged foreign exchange (forex) rigging, a London court heard on Wednesday.
Published November 7, 2019

US law firm Hausfeld plans to battle Scott & Scott for a high-profile London class action against major banks over alleged foreign exchange (forex) rigging, a London court heard on Wednesday.

Hausfeld, which co-led a similar US case against 15 banks with compatriot Scott & Scott and helped secure $2.3 billion in settlements for American claimants, has written to defendant banks to say it plans to file its own, so-called collective proceedings order (CPO) by the end of November, the court heard.

JPMorgan, Citigroup, Barclays, UBS and RBS already face a potentially vast class action since being fined more than 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) by the European Commission in May over cartels dubbed "Essex Express" and "Three Way Banana Split".

That lawsuit - led by Michael O'Higgins, the former chairman of British watchdog The Pensions Regulator and funded by litigation finance group Therium - was filed by Scott & Scott in July.

"There is, waiting in the wings, an additional CPO application in what US lawyers call a 'carriage dispute' regarding who acts as a representative for the class," judge Marcus Smith told the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT).

"It's quite clear, if you have two opt-out CPO applications in relation to the same subject matter, only one can prevail."

Citigroup, JPMorgan and UBS declined to comment. RBS and Barclays were not immediately available to comment.

The Hausfeld letter was referred to at the first court hearing in the O'Higgins case against the five banks over allegations that forex cartels caused harm to pension funds, asset managers, hedge funds and companies.

A spokeswoman for Hausfeld confirmed the firm was considering filing a class action "relating to unlawful manipulation of the foreign exchange spot market between 2007 to 2013". She was unable to comment further.

Some of the world's biggest investment banks have paid more than a combined $11 billion in fines to settle US and European regulatory allegations that traders rigged foreign exchange markets. Foreign exchange is the crown jewel of London's financial sector.

Copyright Reuters, 2019

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