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Alexander is principally instructed by solicitors, including teams supported by specialist knowledge and professional-support lawyers, insolvency practitioners, overseas attorneys and in-house lawyers, including general counsel, in substantial company, insolvency, commercial, fraud, cross-border and arbitration matters, subject to availability, conflicts and formal acceptance.
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Enterprise clerking team
Discuss availability, fees and the appropriate route.
The integrated Enterprise Chambers clerking team is headed by Senior Clerk Michael Ireland and supports instructions through London, Bristol and Leeds.
View the Enterprise Chambers team →Enterprise Chambers Profile →Enterprise Chambers operates as one integrated chambers across London, Bristol and Leeds. The clerking team can redirect an enquiry where appropriate.
Raj Lamba
Practice Manager
Commercial Litigation
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Duane Hitchman
Practice Manager
Insolvency & Restructuring
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Kenya Mendoza
Practice Manager
Chancery
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Libby Sampson-Shaw
Assistant Practice Manager
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Alpha Diaw
Assistant Practice Manager
020 7440 6736Start an enquiry with Alpha DiawEnterprise profile →Work Alexander accepts
Advice, conferences, pleadings and written submissions, urgent and interim applications, trials, appeals, arbitrations, mediations and enforcement work. Alexander may act as sole counsel or as part of a wider team. Every instruction is subject to availability, conflicts and formal acceptance through Enterprise Chambers.
Conflicts and availability
For the initial check, identify all parties and connected entities, the instructing firm and opposing lawyers, the court, tribunal or arbitral forum, any public claim number, the broad nature of the matter and the work required.
Urgent hearings and deadlines
State the hearing date, limitation date or other material deadline prominently in the subject line and enquiry. Identify the application or hearing, its estimated length, the present procedural stage and whether papers are ready. The clerks can then address availability and the appropriate next step.
Confidential documents
Do not send pleadings, evidence, privileged information or substantial documents with an initial enquiry. First provide only the information needed for conflicts and availability. Where papers are required, secure-transfer arrangements can be confirmed after those checks.
Evidence supporting instruction
Why instruct Alexander?
Selected cases, instructions and legal analysis illustrate Alexander's experience. Case pages state his precise role; separate commentary does not imply that he appeared in the decision analysed.
Substantial trial advocacy
Sole-counsel and led experience in complex High Court trials involving commercial claims, fraud, insolvency and disputed company interests.
View selected High Court trial work →Recent appellate work
Experience in significant Court of Appeal proceedings concerning shareholder rights, bankruptcy, foreign judgments and office-holder protection.
View Syspal, Drelle and appellate work →Cross-border and offshore disputes
Experience spanning England and Wales, the Caribbean, the Middle East and the United States, working with international and offshore legal teams.
Explore cross-border experience →Contentious insolvency
Work for office-holders, creditors, companies, directors and respondents, including contested winding-up, validation, recovery and cross-border matters.
Explore contentious insolvency experience →International arbitration
Current junior-counsel instruction in a silk-led, English-law ICC arbitration seated in London with claims valued at US$100 million+.
View the appropriately limited matter summary →Specialist legal analysis
A structured research library of case digests and practical cornerstone guides for solicitors, specialist knowledge lawyers and professional-support teams.
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General routing information, subject to assessment.
- Solicitor already instructed
- Professional instructions through Enterprise Chambers.
- Overseas lawyer seeking English counsel
- Professional instructions, with the forum, deadline and English-law work identified.
- Eligible in-house lawyer, insolvency practitioner or accountant
- Licensed Access may be available, depending on the client's status and the instruction.
- Individual without a solicitor
- Public Access suitability assessment; direct instruction is not appropriate for every matter.
- Litigation management or filing required
- A solicitor or other authorised litigator will also be required.
- Urgent confidential matter
- Contact the clerks with party names, a neutral summary and deadline, without sending substantive papers.
This table does not determine suitability or amount to acceptance of instructions.
Working approach
Commercial objectives, procedural discipline and clear advice.
- Identify the commercial objective, material risks and available procedural routes at an early stage.
- Give direct advice on strengths, weaknesses, evidence and proportionality.
- Coordinate closely with the professional team in urgent, document-heavy and multi-jurisdictional matters.
- Prepare advocacy around the issues that will determine the application, trial or appeal.