Aidan Forde
Aidan is a Senior Associate in the Competition, Regulation and Trade group in Brussels.
He advises clients on all aspects of EU competition law and policy, including abuse of dominance, cartel investigations, and merger control. He has advised clients in antitrust proceedings before the European Commission, various international regulators and courts.
Aidan has particular expertise in complex abuse of dominance investigations and issues relating to digital and emerging technologies. Aidan also advises clients litigating before the European courts.
He has advised major international clients in a wide variety of sectors, such as retail/consumer goods, TMT, financial services and transportation.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- a multinational technology company in numerous unilateral conduct investigations in Europe and Asia-Pacific*
- Discovery on its $43 billion acquisition of WarnerMedia from AT&T*
- Public Investment Fund of Saudia Arabia on the sale of its 70% shareholding in SABIC, for a purchase price of $69.1 billion*
- advising a capacitor manufacturer in the European Commission investigation into a cartel between capacitor manufacturers*
- advising a major technology company in connection with two abuse of dominance investigations by the European Commission*
*experience prior to joining HSF
Sectors
Background
Aidan graduated with First Class Honours in Law (BCL) from University College Dublin and holds a Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) in Commercial Law from the University of Cambridge. He also completed a year-long exchange at DePaul University College of Law, Chicago during his undergraduate studies.
Aidan was admitted to the degree of Barrister-at-Law by the Honourable Society of King's Inns and called to the Bar of Ireland in 2019. He is also admitted as an Avocat in Belgium.
Prior to joining Herbert Smith Freehills, Aidan worked at another international law firm.
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