Company, directors’ duties & shareholder disputes
Strategic advice and advocacy in disputes about control, ownership, governance and fiduciary responsibility.
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Commercial judgment.
Decisive advocacy.
Alexander Heylin is a London-based Commercial Chancery barrister at Enterprise Chambers. He advises and represents clients in company and shareholder disputes, contentious insolvency, commercial litigation, civil fraud and asset recovery, including cross-border and offshore matters. He works with solicitors, insolvency practitioners, overseas lawyers and in-house legal teams, practising nationally and internationally.
Call 2000 · England and Wales
- Band 1Company
- Band 3Commercial Dispute Resolution
- Band 2Restructuring/Insolvency
- Leading Junior · Tier 1Company and Insolvency
- Leading Junior · Tier 2Commercial Litigation
- Leading Junior · Tier 3Commercial Disputes – Offshore
- Leading Junior · Tier 3Insolvency
- Leading Junior · Tier 5Company
Independent recognition
01 / 12“Very strong. Alex is one of our preferred barristers for complex insolvency-related transactions.”
Commercial Chancery practice
Start with the commercial problem.
Alexander's core practice comprises company and shareholder disputes, contentious insolvency, commercial litigation, and civil fraud, asset recovery and enforcement, and contentious trusts and estates, with a distinctive cross-border and offshore edge. Choose the issue closest to the matter; each page brings together representative work, relevant legal analysis and the appropriate Enterprise Chambers contact.
Directors and business owners: start here →Insolvency & restructuring
Domestic and cross-border disputes arising from corporate and personal insolvency, asset recovery and restructuring.
See experienceCommercial litigation
Commercially focused representation in substantial contractual, corporate and financial disputes.
See experienceCivil fraud, asset recovery & enforcement
Claims involving deceit, misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, tracing, enforcement and the preservation or recovery of assets.
See experienceContentious trusts & estates
Advice and advocacy in substantial disputes concerning trustees, beneficiaries, fiduciary administration, estate assets and beneficial ownership.
See experienceCross-border & offshore
Experience coordinating commercial disputes across England and Wales, offshore financial centres and other jurisdictions.
See experienceArbitration
Advocacy and advice in commercial disputes requiring international perspective, procedural discipline and close coordination with legal teams.
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Enterprise Chambers
Enterprise Chambers
Instructions and clerking enquiries are handled through Enterprise Chambers.
Enterprise Chambers Profile →London
9 Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, London, WC2A 3SR020 7405 9471Bristol
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Legal research
Cases, analysis and
appellate updates.
Significant cases
Selected experience.
Servis-Terminal LLC v Drelle (No. 2)
Alexander represented the Grant Thornton trustees in the consequential Court of Appeal proceedings concerning their position after the substantive appeal. He did not appear in the substantive appeal or the later Supreme Court appeal.
Read the case and Alexander's role →Syspal Capital Ltd v Truman
Alexander successfully represented Mr Truman at first instance and on appeal. The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal and upheld the interpretation of the contractual fair-value provisions.
Read the case and Alexander's role →Biscoe v Milner
Alexander acted in a ten-day High Court trial arising from the collapse of a legal-redress investment scheme. All claims against his two clients, Belmonte Ltd and Richard Arnison, failed.
Read the case and Alexander's role →Latest analysis
Recent case digests.
Drelle v Servis-Terminal LLC
The Supreme Court held that a qualifying unrecognised and unregistrable foreign judgment creates an obligation to pay which can constitute a debt for the purposes of section 267 of the Insolvency Act 1986.
Read the web digest →UniCredit Bank GmbH v Celestial Aviation Services Ltd
The Supreme Court held that regulation 28(3)(c) of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 prohibited payments under the letters of credit until licences were obtained and interpreted “in connection with” as requiring a factual connection.
Read the web digest →JJW Hotels & Resorts Holding Inc v Rhodes
The BVI Commercial Court applied the then-current Court of Appeal reasoning in Servis-Terminal v Drelle when considering whether an unrecognised foreign judgment could support a statutory demand. The later UK Supreme Court decision in Drelle should be read alongside this digest.
Read the web digest →Appeals Watch
Follow ongoing appeals.
Business and Property Appeals Watch
Selected commercially significant Civil Division appeals with official listings, recordings and judgments.
View Court of Appeal coverage →Supreme Court Watch
A selective collection of cases relevant to Alexander's practice, with archived sessions, judgments and press summaries from the Court's official materials.
View Supreme Court coverage →Privy Council Watch
Commercial, insolvency, company, property and offshore appeals before the Judicial Committee.
View Privy Council coverage →For availability and clerking enquiries.
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