Aadil is a competition litigation specialist with a broad contentious practice across standalone and follow-on cartel and abuse of dominance claims.
He has acted on some of the most complex and high-profile disputes of recent years, in various sectors including financial services, technology, and manufacturing.
He has acted for defendants as well as institutional claimants and class representatives in traditional litigation and collective proceedings, in the High Court and Competition Appeal Tribunal. He has been recognised as a “key lawyer” for competition litigation by Legal 500 UK for 2025 and 2026.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- Motorola in defending collective proceedings brought by a class constituting purchasers of Airwave services alleging excessive pricing
- a chemicals manufacturer defending a standalone allegation of participating in a “hub and spokes” cartel which allegedly inflated the prices of its goods
- a smartphone manufacturer considering restricting the pre-installation of third-party app stores on its smartphones by European and UK mobile carriers
- a manufacturer considering adding European and English competition law breaches in relation to its dispute in respect to the supply of certain aeroplane parts
- a US government entity bringing proceedings in respect of alleged “lowballing” of the LIBOR benchmark during the Global Financial Crisis
- a class representative bringing collective proceedings against a financial services company in respect of unlawful overcharges on credit card fees
- a technology company defending collecting proceedings in respect of the delisting of cryptocurrency products
Sectors
Background
- Griffith University (LL.B (Dist); B.GovIntRel (Dist), 2019)