Expertise
Cross-border and offshore disputes
Experience coordinating commercial disputes across England and Wales, offshore financial centres and other jurisdictions.
Experience and approach
Alexander's international perspective reflects practice at the English Bar, experience as a partner in an offshore law firm and work as a principal in a New York law firm. He has appeared or worked on matters connected with the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, the Caribbean, Dubai and the United States, coordinating with local lawyers and multidisciplinary teams on jurisdiction, recognition, insolvency, corporate, trust and enforcement questions.
Issues that may require specialist counsel
When this expertise may be relevant.
- The court's jurisdiction or service outside the jurisdiction is contested
- Parallel proceedings or insolvencies require cross-border coordination
- An offshore company, fund, trust or fiduciary is involved
- A foreign judgment, order or award requires recognition or enforcement
Selected work
- 01Jurisdiction and service
- 02Conflict of laws
- 03Offshore company disputes
- 04Cross-border insolvency
- 05International enforcement
- 06Multi-jurisdictional teams
International experience
Experience by jurisdiction, forum, role and sector.
Alexander's work as counsel is shown separately from his wider professional background. Historic call or admission does not imply a current right of audience.
| Jurisdiction | Forum and work | Alexander's role | Sector | Selected cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and WalesHigh Court, Court of Appeal and London-seated arbitration | Company and shareholder disputes; contentious insolvency; commercial litigation; civil fraud; foreign judgments; arbitration and enforcement | Sole counsel, leading junior and junior counsel in trials, appeals, applications and arbitral proceedings | Companies, funds, financial institutions, professional services, property and international business | Syspal Capital Ltd v Truman →Servis-Terminal LLC v Drelle (No. 2) →US$100 million-plus ICC arbitration → |
| British Virgin IslandsEastern Caribbean Supreme Court, BVI Commercial Division | Offshore company disputes, investment funds, shareholder litigation, provisional liquidation, liquidation and cross-border recovery | Counsel, junior counsel and sole counsel for parties and office-holders; called to the BVI Bar in 2016 | Investment funds, digital assets, financial services, industrial businesses and insolvency | QVT Fund V LP v China Zenix Auto International Group Ltd →Three Arrows Capital proceedings →FCI Markets Inc (in liquidation) → |
| Dubai and the DIFCDIFC Courts and Dubai-connected international arbitration | Recognition of foreign liquidations, fraud recovery, cross-border insolvency and English-law arbitration | Sole counsel for BVI office-holders and junior counsel within international arbitration teams | Financial services, investment activity and international commercial ventures | FCI Markets Inc (in liquidation) →US$100 million+ ICC arbitration → |
| Turks and Caicos IslandsOffshore legal practice and local courts | Commercial, company, insolvency and trust-related matters in an offshore financial-centre context | Practised locally as counsel and became a partner in an offshore law firm; called to the TCI Bar in 2011 | International business, fiduciary structures, property and financial services | |
| Cayman IslandsOffshore legal practice and Cayman-connected matters | Company, investment-fund, insolvency and cross-border questions involving offshore structures | Past Cayman work and experience; called to the Cayman Islands Bar in 2015 when resident. | Funds, companies, fiduciaries and financial services | |
| United States connectionsNew York legal teams and US bankruptcy-related proceedings | Cross-border insolvency, Chapter 15 coordination, corporate law, financial services and international investigations | Former principal in a New York law firm and English/BVI counsel working with US attorneys; Alexander does not practise US law | Digital assets, funds, financial institutions and multinational businesses | Three Arrows Capital proceedings → |
Representative matters
Selected experience in cross-border and offshore disputes.
Servis-Terminal LLC v Drelle (No. 2)
[2025] EWCA Civ 698
Sole counsel for trustees Robert Starkins and Nicholas Nicholson, instructed by Latham & Watkins
Judge: Lord Justice Newey, Lord Justice Popplewell and Lord Justice Snowden (now Lord Snowden, Justice of the Supreme Court)
Alexander represented the Grant Thornton trustees in Court of Appeal consequential proceedings after the relevant bankruptcy order had been set aside. His submissions concerned removal, remuneration, expenses, re-vesting of the estate and protective arrangements while permission to appeal was pursued. The matter demonstrates recent appellate experience involving foreign judgments, English bankruptcy and office-holder protection. Alexander did not appear in the substantive appeal or subsequent Supreme Court proceedings.
Read the case and Alexander's role →Three Arrows Capital — BVI cross-border insolvency proceedings
BVI Commercial Court proceedings (2024)
Junior counsel instructed by Ogier in the BVI and Latham & Watkins in New York
Alexander was instructed as junior counsel by Ogier in the BVI and Latham & Watkins in New York in substantial cross-border insolvency proceedings arising from the collapse of Three Arrows Capital. The engagement concerned preference claims valued in the hundreds of millions of US dollars and required expert consideration of BVI insolvency law alongside Chapter 15 proceedings in New York and New Jersey.
Read the matter summary →FCI Markets Inc (in liquidation)
BVI and DIFC proceedings
Sole counsel for the provisional liquidator and subsequently the liquidator
Alexander acted as sole counsel for the provisional liquidator and subsequently the liquidator in proceedings concerning an alleged US$300 million Ponzi scheme operated from Dubai. The work involved recovery efforts for victims, BVI provisional-liquidation and liquidation proceedings, and recognition of the BVI liquidation by the DIFC Court, demonstrating cross-border office-holder representation and fraud-recovery experience.
Read the matter summary →QVT Fund V LP v China Zenix Auto International Group Ltd
BVIHC (COM) 0026 of 2014 (24 January 2017)
Counsel with Tim de Swardt for the second to fourth defendants
Judge: Commercial Court Judge (the published judgment does not identify the judicial author by name)
Alexander acted for a leading Chinese industrialist in BVI unfair-prejudice proceedings brought by an American hedge fund concerning China Zenix Auto International Group and claims exceeding £50 million. The litigation involved company control, minority-shareholder rights, investment-fund interests and the governance of a substantial international industrial business, demonstrating experience of offshore company litigation and multinational legal-team coordination.
Read the case and Alexander's role →Minks and Agilo Ltd — trustee and security application
PT-2023-000226
Sole counsel, instructed by Tees Solicitors
Alexander acted as sole counsel in linked High Court applications to restore a dissolved trustee company and replace the relevant trustee or security agent. The underlying security included a second charge over a development in Nevis valued at more than US$15 million. The matter required English company-restoration procedure to be coordinated with offshore trust, secured-lending and property considerations.
Read the matter summary →Connected specialist capability
Cryptoassets and digital-asset disputes.
Alexander's related experience includes substantial cross-border insolvency work arising from the collapse of Three Arrows Capital.
Explore digital-asset disputesCornerstone practical guide
Cross-border enforcement and foreign judgments.
A structured guide to Hague and reciprocal regimes, common-law recognition, defences, interim protection, insolvency use and execution against English assets.
Read the practical guideRelated legal research
Authority in cross-border and offshore disputes.
Judgments on foreign proceedings and judgments, recognition, territorial limits, offshore structures and international insolvency.