Kio Gwilliam
Kio specialises in competition, data protection and commercial litigation, with a particular focus on technology disputes. He was promoted to Senior Associate in January 2022.
Kio is currently part of the legal team advising:
- Foundem in its follow-on damages action against Google in the High Court, and as an intervener in Google’s appeal proceedings before the General Court and Court of Justice in respect of the Google Shopping decision.
- Rachael Kent and Liz Coll in their separate standalone collective actions against Apple and Google for abuses of their dominant positions in their respective app stores.
In addition to various commercial and pro bono matters, Kio was part of the legal team acting for over 100 claimants in the Air Cargo litigation against British Airways in the High Court and Court of Appeal.
Prior to joining Hausfeld, Kio trained at Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP and undertook a 3-month competition secondment in Brussels.
Kio has experience representing clients on a range of antitrust, competition and data protection issues across a variety of sectors, including technology, utilities and transport.