Alex is developing a broad practice across Chambers’ core specialisms; in particular, he is keen to gain more experience in international arbitration and public international law.
Prior to joining Chambers, Alex worked at a public international law think-tank as a graduate researcher, with a focus on investor-State dispute settlement. He has interned in the dispute resolution departments of various leading law firms, as well as the investment banking division of a leading European bank. He has also served as a judicial marshall at the Hong Kong Court of Appeal.
Alex studied law at the University of Oxford, where he came first in his year and won numerous subject prizes and scholarships. After graduation, he gave tutorials to undergraduates as a non-stipendiary lecturer.
Alex is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and maintains a keen interest in the Asian markets.
Arbitration
- Drafted (as a pupil) pleadings and advice in relation to an SIAC arbitration that involved issues of implied variation and estoppel by conduct.
- Drafted (as a pupil) pleadings and advice in relation to several arbitration challenges under sections 67, 68, and 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996.
Banking and financial services
- Drafted (as a pupil) pleadings for an unjust enrichment claim in relation to a foreign bank’s failure to comply with a payment order.
Commercial litigation
- Drafted (as a pupil) pleadings and advice in relation to several applications for freezing injunctions/security for costs.
Public and administrative law
- Prepared (as a pupil) advice for a judicial review claim against the Home Secretary in relation to the housing of asylum seekers on the “Bibby Stockholm”, a barge moored in Portland Port.
Public international law
- Drafted (as a pupil) advice in relation to a treaty-based investor-State arbitration claim, with a focus on the assessment of damages.
- Assisting in the M/T “Heroic Idun” (No. 2) case currently pending before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), concerning the circumstances under which a coastal State may take enforcement action against a foreign-flagged vessel in its exclusive economic zone.
(Re)insurance
- Performed work (as a pupil) concerning the upcoming Supreme Court hearing in Herculito Maritime Ltd v Gunvor International BV (The “Polar”) Case 2022/0009.
Shipping
- Drafted (as a pupil) pleadings and advice in relation to several LMAA arbitrations.