Hausfeld’s small size belies its strength and ability to win big for its clients. Partner Sathya Gosselin believes that’s because the commercial litigation firm has such a depth of talent, not least chairman Michael Hausfeld, who has four decades of experience in antitrust, human rights and civil rights litigation.

One signature win came in March 2013, in a price-fixing lawsuit against Chinese pharmaceutical companies. Hausfeld, along with Susman Godfrey and Boies, Schiller & Flexner, represented vitamin C distributors in that case.