Kings Chambers

Adam Aldred has specialised in EU & competition law for over 25 years, including cartels, dominance, mergers, market investigations, antitrust litigation, public procurement, subsidy control / State aid, trading agreements and compliance.

He is well known to case officers at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), having dealt with numerous mergers, dawn raids, investigations and leniency applications in many market sectors.

He has litigated many cases before the Competition Appeal Tribunal and other UK and EU courts, has acted in arbitrations, and settled other cases by way of mediation. Adam has also acted on a number of significant merger cases, for example, the clearance of the merger of British Salt and New Cheshire Salt Works, for which his team won The Lawyer’s Competition and Regulatory Team of the Year award.

Law Extension Committee, University of Sydney 1983 to 1987 Admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of New South Wales 1987 Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge – 1988 to 1989 (Master of Laws) Norton Rose 1989 to 1993 (EU & competition law) Hammonds (Partner) 1994 to 2001 (EU & competition law & commercial litigation) Accredited Mediator 1999 (ADR Group) Solicitor Advocate (Higher Courts (Civil Advocacy)) 2000 Addleshaw Goddard LLP (Partner) 2001 to 2014 (EU & competition & antitrust litigation) Called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) 2014 Kings Chambers 2014 to date Direct Access Qualified 2015 Irish Roll 2016 Australian Registration Certificate 2017-2023