Expertise
Commercial and international arbitration
Advocacy and advice in commercial disputes requiring international perspective, procedural discipline and close coordination with legal teams.
Experience and approach
Alexander acts as counsel in domestic and international arbitration, including institutional and ad hoc proceedings governed by English law. His work includes high-value corporate, shareholder, fraud and financial disputes, applications supporting arbitral proceedings and the recognition or enforcement of awards. Private engagements are described only at a level consistent with the parties' privacy and the private character of arbitration.
Issues that may require specialist counsel
When this expertise may be relevant.
- A commercial dispute is governed by an arbitration agreement
- Jurisdiction, seat or the tribunal's authority is challenged
- Interim protection or other support from the English court is required
- An award must be challenged, recognised or enforced
Selected work
- 01Counsel in commercial arbitration
- 02Interim and court-support measures
- 03Jurisdiction challenges
- 04Shareholder and joint venture disputes
- 05Financial and insolvency-related disputes
- 06Recognition and enforcement
Arbitration experience taxonomy
Find relevant experience by role, forum, sector and geography.
Role
- Counsel
- Advisory
- Court support
- Enforcement
Rules and forum
- Institutional arbitration
- Ad hoc arbitration
- Seat and jurisdiction issues
- English court applications
Sector
- Corporate and shareholder
- Financial services
- Insolvency-related
- Investment and commercial ventures
Geographic dimension
- United Kingdom
- Caribbean and offshore
- United States connections
- Multi-jurisdictional disputes
Featured current instruction
Current international arbitration experience.
Arbitration is private. This section identifies only information that may properly be disclosed and does not publish party identities, references, evidence, procedural materials or awards.
US$100 million-plus ICC arbitration
Private proceedings
Junior counsel led by King's Counsel, instructed by an international law firm and a Dubai law firm
Alexander is instructed by Pinsent Masons and a Dubai law firm as junior counsel in a silk-led ICC arbitration seated in London and governed by English law. The dispute concerns allegations of fraud, conspiracy, misrepresentation and undue influence, with claims valued at US$100 million+. Party identities, the reference, evidence, procedural materials and any award remain private and are not published.
View Alexander's arbitration experience →Arbitration law and court developments
Legal analysis and current authority.
The case digests below analyse arbitration law and related court decisions. They do not imply that Alexander appeared in those cases.
Cornerstone practical guide
English court support for commercial arbitration.
A structured guide to stays, anti-suit relief, interim measures, evidence, peremptory orders, jurisdiction challenges and award enforcement under the 1996 and 2025 Acts.
Read the practical guideRelated legal research
Authority in commercial and international arbitration.
Authorities on arbitral jurisdiction, finality, anti-suit protection and the relationship between tribunals and the English courts.
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