Aakash Kumbhat
Paralegal
BIO
Aakash joined Euclid Law as a Paralegal in August 2020. He is pursuing a specialised LLM in Competition Law at University College London for which his graduation with a First Class has been confirmed. He assists clients on a wide range of EU and UK competition law matters, including vertical agreements, cartels, mergers, and abuse of dominance cases.
Before his LLM, Aakash worked as an in-house lawyer at ICICI Bank Ltd, Mumbai, India’s largest private bank, for a period extending over two years. During his term at ICICI Bank, Aakash worked with a variety of teams and acted as the Bank’s central legal team’s ‘first person responsible’ for a mixture of portfolios, ranging from retail banking to real estate funding and corporate advisory.
Aakash also has internship experiences with tier-1 and tier-2 Indian law firms and the Competition Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi.
Experience
- Working on brands’ distribution systems and online marketplace platforms in the EU.
- Working on a multi-jurisdictional analysis for the notification of a joint venture based in a South American country.
- Contributed to the launch of industry first FinTech products and mobile banking applications in India.
- Worked with international tech and sports conglomerates for credit card partnerships.
- Contributed to the development of a comprehensive course on Indian Banking and Finance Laws.
- Worked on the landmark Indian ‘cement cartel’ case.
Education
LLM, University College London (2019-20)
BA, LLB (Hons.), National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), Kochi, India
Admissions
India
Languages
English, Hindi
Publications
- “Google and the Evolution of CCI’s Online Platform Market Definition Analysis” (2020), Indian Law Review, Competition Law edn.
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