Al is a Counsel who deals with a wide range of commercial, regulatory and competition law issues.  Al is a highly experienced litigator, with strong defendant and claimant side experience of complex competition law claims, including class actions and proceedings involving multiple parties.  Al also has significant experience of advising regulated clients across a range of sectors in the context of both investigations and damages claims. 

Al has acted on a number of major cartel damages actions, including acting for Royal Mail and BT in connection with their competition damages claims against DAF arising out of the Trucks cartel (in the High Court, Competition Appeal Tribunal and Court of Appeal).  BCLP was awarded Litigation Team of the Year in 2023 as a result of its work on this case. Prior to that Alexandra was part of a team that acted for Scottish Power and National Grid in their claims against global power cable suppliers in relation to a European Commission infringement decision.

Al also has significant experience of abuse of dominance claims and is currently acting for a defendant in a (part follow-on, part standalone) loss of a chance claim brought by a claimant alleging discriminatory and exclusionary pricing practices under Chapter II of the Competition Act.  Al is also a key part of the team acting for the same defendant in a related class action.

Beyond litigation, Al has strong advisory experience including in relation to regulatory issues and subsidy control matters.  Al has been involved in advising on the subsidy control aspects of a number of major redevelopment projects.

Clients say: “Alexandra Hildyard is always on top of the detail, be it legal or factual, and how it fits into the bigger picture.” (Legal 500 UK 2025)

Clients praise Alexandra’s ‘ability to cut through the detail and see the big picture’ (Legal 500 UK 2023) and she is described as ‘a total stand-out. She is a master of the complex detail of a case’ (Legal 500 UK 2023).