Ali is a well-established senior junior, consistently ranked in the legal directories since 2014 and described variously as “a highly skilled and persuasive advocate”, “exceptional on his feet.”, “very incisive”, “a pleasure to deal with”, “very approachable, responsive and friendly”, and “absolutely fantastic”. He has a busy and thriving commercial practice focussing on heavy commercial litigation involving fraud, insolvency and finance aspects. His experience in those fields also leads to instructions in professional liability cases involving solicitors, accountants, IFAs and surveyors.He is regularly instructed alone in lengthy trials in the High Court, and has appeared in the Court of Appeal several times. In 2022-23, he appeared in several lengthy multi-million pound large-scale fraud trials, alongside and against Silks. He is currently instructed on cases involving an international banking fraud, long-term and high-value corporate corruption, and an alleged shadow directorship leading to a 7-figure deficit in a company's balance sheet on liquidation.First and foremost, Ali is a confident courtroom advocate who is diligent, proactive and approachable. He welcomes early involvement so as to help formulate a strategy in line with the client’s commercial objectives, and his advice is robust, pragmatic and realistic. Ali’s responsive and collaborative style is well-suited to urgent applications for injunctive relief, as well as applications for interim relief, all of which are regular features of his fraud and insolvency practice areas. Ali is an accredited civil/commercial mediator through ADR Group, and uses those skills when instructed as the advocate in mediations. His sensible and considered approach has also led to instructions as an independent investigator for private companies requiring findings of fact and determinations of internal disputes.Ali recently contributes articles to Corporate Rescue and Insolvency, Insolvency Intelligence and the Lexis Nexis insolvency (RANDI) blog, and he is a contributing author to the Lexis Nexis practitioner notes and precedents on Part 36 offers. He regularly delivers seminars to solicitors and professional networks on a range of topics within his core specialisms. Ali is qualified to accept instructions under the Direct Public Access scheme, where appropriate. He is fluent in Farsi, and has a good working knowledge of German and French.
Listed skills include Dispute Resolution, Commercial Litigation, Courts, Appeals, and 13 others.