OVERVIEW
Kazi focuses on competition disputes and collective redress.
Expertise
In 2024, Kazi joined Hausfeld from Slaughter and May, where he qualified as an associate and gained great experience on competition, commercial and financial disputes and arbitration.
He also takes an active interest in corporate social responsibility and mentored as part of the UpReach Law Springboard programme and as a volunteer for The Access Project, designed to promote social mobility by helping eligible university students looking to join the commercial law sector, and to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds to improve educational performance and access to top universities.
EDUCATION
Legal Practice Course and Graduate Diploma in Law, BBP University Law School
BA in History, St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford
BAR ADMISSIONS
Solicitor, England and Wales, 2023
EVENTS
PUBLICATIONS
Assisted with writing the chapter on England and Wales in the 2024 edition of Lexology’s ‘In-Depth: Class Actions’ (formerly The Class Actions Law Review).
Assisted with writing the chapters on ‘UK: Law and Practice’ and ‘UK: Trends and Developments’ as part of the ‘Investing in…2023’ Global Practice Guide by Chambers and Partners.
Experience
Antitrust/Competition
At Hausfeld, he is part of the legal team working on:
- The representative collective action filed with the CAT on behalf of some 19.6 million eligible UK iPhone and iPad users relating to excessive and unlawful charges by the Apple App Store. The claim alleges that Apple’s conduct violates section 18 of the UK Competition Act 1998 and Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Prior to joining Hausfeld, Kazi was part of the legal team:
- Advising a global telecommunications and systems company listed on the NYSE in respect of an application for review under section 179 of the Enterprise Act 2002 at the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
- Advising on two significant proceedings in the Competition Appeal Tribunal: advising a global investment bank in relation to claims brought in the UK following regulatory findings of misconduct in the G10 spot FX market, and advising a train company in respect claims brought under the collective proceedings regime (the ‘Trains Boundary Fares’ claims).
Commercial & Financial Disputes
Prior to joining Hausfeld, Kazi was part of the legal team:
- Advising an aviation leasing and asset management company in defence of claims in the High Court arising out of allegations of fraud.
- Advising an energy company in relation to multiple arbitrations seated in Hong Kong under the ICC Rules.
- Advising on an arbitration seated in Singapore under the SIAC Rules involving allegations of fraud and breach of contract.
- Advising a Swiss financial services company in challenging the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales in the High Court.
Public Law
Before Hausfeld, Kazi was part of the legal team:
- Advising a public body in respect of a contractual dispute with a key supplier.
Human Rights
Before Hausfeld, Kazi was involved in several pro-bono initiatives:
- Led a team advising two individuals in disputes concerning the duties on local authorities regarding care and support under The Care Act 1998, as a volunteer for Access Social Care.
- Advising Amicus, a non-profit organisation assisting people facing capital trial in the United States in relation to a case concerning an individual on death row in the 9th judicial circuit court of Florida.
