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Contact with chambers should be made through the Practice Management Team. They are happy to discuss client requirements and provide further information on such matters as the expertise and experience of individual members, fees, working practices and languages spoken. We have members able to work in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek and Chinese (Mandarin).

Outside working hours, a member of our team is always available to be contacted on matters of an urgent nature. Contact should be made using the Chambers main number or email.

For our Singapore office, for client enquiries please contact our BD Director, Asia Pacific, Lara Quie and for all other queries please contact Lynn Quek. Out of office hours calls will automatically be diverted to our clerking team in London.

London

20 Essex Street
London
WC2R 3AL

enquiries@twentyessex.com
t: +44 20 7842 1200

Singapore

28 Maxwell Road
#02-03 Maxwell Chambers Suites
Singapore 069120

singapore@twentyessex.com
t: +65 62257230

Contact

Contact with chambers should be made through the Practice Management Team. They are happy to discuss client requirements and provide further information on such matters as the expertise and experience of individual members, fees, working practices and languages spoken. We have members able to work in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek and Chinese (Mandarin).

Outside working hours, a member of our team is always available to be contacted on matters of an urgent nature. Contact should be made using the Chambers main number or email.

For our Singapore office, for client enquiries please contact our BD Director, Asia Pacific, Lara Quie and for all other queries please contact Lynn Quek. Out of office hours calls will automatically be diverted to our clerking team in London.

London

20 Essex Street
London
WC2R 3AL

enquiries@twentyessex.com
t: +44 20 7842 1200

Singapore

28 Maxwell Road
#02-03 Maxwell Chambers Suites
Singapore 069120

singapore@twentyessex.com
t: +65 62257230

Alex Carless

Alex Carless

Call: 2012

Alex specialises in a broad range of commercial matters, including shipping, commodities, energy, fraud, banking and finance, and construction.

He is regularly instructed (either led or as sole counsel) in matters in the Commercial Court, Admiralty Court, Chancery Division and arbitration.

Alex has also appeared in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal.

Alex holds degrees from the University of Cambridge (Law, Double First) and the University of Oxford (BCL, Distinction).

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Example cases

Shipping

Commodities

Civil fraud

General commercial

Arbitration

Banking and finance / regulation

Construction

Energy

Private international law

Company law

Alex's written product is very, very good.

Chambers UK 2023

Good at wrestling with complex issues and drafts thorough, nuanced opinions which do not overwhelm the reader.

Chambers UK 2023

Alex's written product is very, very good." "He is knowledgeable and user-friendly.

Chambers Global 2022

Very capable, reasoned and with excellent writing skills. He is also a good cross examiner and advocate.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2022

Good at wrestling with complex issues and drafts thorough, nuanced opinions which do not overwhelm the reader.

Chambers Global 2022

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