Nima Lorjé
Nima is a counsel in our Commercial Litigation practice who specialises in complex multi-jurisdictional antitrust litigation and competition law. He has acted in a number of leading antitrust damages cases, including a successful defence against claims following the Escalator and Elevator cartel case. He has also acted for clients in defence of claims related to antitrust infringements on the gas-insulated switchgear, paraffin wax, bitumen, animal feed phosphate and trucks markets. Nima has furthermore advised on claims following the FOREX and Google Shopping decisions of the European Commission.
Nima is a counsel in our Commercial Litigation practice who specialises in complex multi-jurisdictional antitrust litigation and competition law. He has acted in a number of leading antitrust damages cases, including a successful defence against claims following the Escalator and Elevator cartel case. He has also acted for clients in defence of claims related to antitrust infringements on the gas-insulated switchgear, paraffin wax, bitumen, animal feed phosphate and trucks markets. Nima has furthermore advised on claims following the FOREX and Google Shopping decisions of the European Commission.
Nima also has extensive experience in advising on Dutch and EU competition law. His expertise includes advising in merger control, cartel and abuse of dominance cases. He has represented a number of clients in that context before the national and EU courts, and is known for his in-depth understanding of the telecommunications and energy sectors. Nima has been ranked by directories for a number of years, such as the Legal500 and Who’s Who Legal.
Nima studied Dutch Civil Law and International and European law at the University of Amsterdam.
District Court of Amsterdam rules on the duty to furnish facts in antitrust damages case concerning the trucks sector
In an interim judgment of 28 February 2024, the District Court of Amsterdam ruled inter alia on the duty to furnish facts for claimants in liability proceedings following an infringement of competition law rules.
District Court ruled on the recognition of the res judicata effect of a Turkish judgment and dismissed an antitrust follow on damages claim regarding the cathode-ray tube markets
The District Court of Oost-Brabant recognized the res judicata effect of a Turkish court of appeal judgment, in which the Turkish court had dismissed antitrust damages claims brought by Vestel against Philips, Samsung, LGE, Technicolor, TTD and TDP.
Court of Appeal overturns first instance judgment and establishes that several prestressing steel producers are liable for the potential loss alleged by Deutsche Bahn
The Court of Appeal of 's-Hertogenbosch ruled that several producers of prestressing steel are jointly and severally liable for potential loss that Deutsche Bahn may have suffered as a result of an infringement of competition law rules.
Court of Appeal of The Hague rules on liability for antitrust follow on damages claims in the elevator sector
In a judgment of 23 January 2024 (case no. 200.304.621 and 200.304.673), the Court of Appeal ruled that elevator manufacturer Kone can be held liable for damages alleged by 23 parties that combined their claims in a litigation vehicle.