Company and shareholder disputes
Strategic advice and advocacy in disputes about control, ownership, governance and fiduciary responsibility.
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Alexander Heylin
Commercial Chancery Barrister · Enterprise Chambers
Called to the BarEngland and Wales, 2000
Current chambersEnterprise Chambers
Also called to the BarTurks and Caicos (2011); Cayman Islands (2015); British Virgin Islands (2016)
Practice
Alexander specialises in complex company, commercial and insolvency litigation and arbitration, particularly disputes with a cross-border or international dimension.
Directors’ duties and disqualification
Advice and representation in claims concerning directors’ conduct, insolvency-related liability and director-disqualification proceedings.
Contentious insolvency and restructuring
Domestic and cross-border disputes arising from corporate and personal insolvency, asset recovery and restructuring.
Complex commercial litigation
Commercially focused representation in substantial contractual, corporate and financial disputes.
Civil fraud, asset recovery and enforcement
Claims involving deceit, misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, tracing, enforcement and the preservation or recovery of assets.
Cryptoassets and digital-asset disputes
Commercial, insolvency and asset-recovery disputes involving cryptoassets, digital holdings and cross-border proceedings.
Contentious trusts and estates
Advice and advocacy in substantial disputes concerning trustees, beneficiaries, fiduciary administration, estate assets and beneficial ownership.
Commercial Chancery: trusts and property
Trust, beneficial-ownership and commercially significant property disputes, including equitable claims arising between business owners, shareholders and families.
Cross-border and offshore disputes
Experience coordinating commercial disputes across England and Wales, offshore financial centres and other jurisdictions.
Appellate advocacy
Focused advocacy in the Court of Appeal and in appeals to the High Court, informed by substantial Commercial Chancery trial experience.
Commercial and international arbitration
Advocacy and advice in commercial disputes requiring international perspective, procedural discipline and close coordination with legal teams.
Regulatory and financial services disputes
Advice informed by experience of financial institutions, funds and multi-jurisdictional regulatory issues.
Selected reported appellate work
BDI Properties Ltd v Murkz Concrete Products Ltd
CH-2024-BHM-000009; underlying petition CR-2024-BHM-000005 · High Court Appeal Centre, Birmingham · High Court appeal, winding-up petition and disputed debt
Companies House false listing rectification claim
Unreported High Court claim · Companies Act 2006, section 1096 · High Court · Companies House rectification, false corporate appointments and urgent reputational protection
Syspal Capital Ltd v Truman
[2025] EWCA Civ 469; [2024] EWHC 1561 (Ch) · Court of Appeal and High Court · Company and shareholder disputes
Servis-Terminal LLC v Drelle (No. 2)
[2025] EWCA Civ 698 · Court of Appeal · Insolvency and cross-border disputes
Magee v Crocker
[2024] EWHC 1723 (Ch); [2024] EWHC 2353 (Ch) · High Court, Business List (Chancery Division) · Shareholder agreements, share transfers and allegations of fraud
Makki v Bank of Beirut SAL
[2022] EWHC 733 (Ch); [2022] EWHC 1206 (Ch) · High Court, Insolvency and Companies List · Personal insolvency and cross-border banking disputes
Biscoe v Milner
[2021] EWHC 763 (Ch) · High Court, Company and Insolvency List · Contentious insolvency, civil fraud and directors' liability
Green v Daws
QB-2020-003863; [2021] 4 WLUK 29 · High Court, Queen's Bench Division · Civil restraint orders and abuse of process
Little v Bloomsbury Law Solicitors
[2022] 11 WLUK 351 · High Court, Chancery Division · Civil procedure, unless orders and relief from sanctions
QVT Fund V LP v China Zenix Auto International Group Ltd
BVIHC (COM) 0026 of 2014 (24 January 2017) · Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, BVI Commercial Division · Offshore shareholder litigation and specific disclosure
Parry v Parry
[2005] EWHC 3284 (Ch) · High Court, Chancery Division · Bankruptcy appeals and judgment debts
Yorke v Katra
[2003] EWCA Civ 867 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division) · Civil procedure and single joint experts
Minks and Agilo Ltd — trustee and security application
PT-2023-000226 · High Court, Chancery Division · Trustee restoration, replacement and cross-border security
Three Arrows Capital — BVI cross-border insolvency proceedings
BVI Commercial Court proceedings (2024) · Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, BVI Commercial Division · Cross-border insolvency and preference claims
Malben Ltd v McCarthy
CR-2021-002375 · High Court, Business and Property Courts in Cardiff · Unfair prejudice and commercial-property holding companies
Palmer and Powell as liquidators of Challis Ltd v Challis and others
High Court proceedings (2024) · High Court · Liquidator claims against directors
Hudson v Mathieson and others
High Court proceedings (2025) · High Court · Civil fraud and asset recovery
Brown v Bowthorpe Group and others
High Court unfair-prejudice proceedings · High Court, Business and Property Courts in Leeds · Unfair prejudice, administration and standing
Ansell Rus LLC v Prologic (UK) LLP
E40BM056 · High Court, Business and Property Courts in Birmingham · Guarantees, authority and estoppel
US$100 million-plus ICC arbitration
Private proceedings · ICC arbitration seated in London · International arbitration and civil fraud
FCI Markets Inc (in liquidation)
BVI and DIFC proceedings · British Virgin Islands and DIFC Courts · Cross-border liquidation, recognition and fraud recovery
Instructions
alexanderheylin@enterprisechambers.com · 020 7405 9471
https://www.enterprisechambers.com/our-people/alexander-heylin/
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/alexander-heylin-85a70526