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5 NEW STREET SQUARE
LONDON
EC4A 3BF
England
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Alex Leitch
Work Department
Commercial Litigation
Position
Alex Leitch is one of the City’s best known and most experienced commercial litigation lawyers whose career has spanned more than 30 years. Over the years, he has litigated in several of the UK’s highest profile and most substantial international disputes, including in the Commercial Court and all major institutional arbitrations.
Alex is experienced in all forms of major commercial disputes, often with an international element, including disputes in private equity, investment mismanagement, fraud, data and cyber security, asset recovery, insurance recovery and regulatory enforcement. Alex has significant experience of most types of UK regulatory enforcement disputes, particularly in the financial services, pharmaceuticals and tech sectors. In the last year, he acted successfully for the defendant in one of the UK’s biggest data breach claims and separately recovered US$60m from several insurance companies in a political risk London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) insurance coverage arbitration.
Career
Having started life at the Bar in 1991, Alex was one the first ever solicitor advocates. He joined a UK leading City firm in 1995, becoming partner in 2001 and head of litigation in 2012. He has since then been UK head of litigation at two of the world’s leading global law firms headquartered in the US.
Personal
Alex is a keen sports fan and follows Premier League soccer, rugby and boxing.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
Litigation-only firm Stewarts Law LLP acts on large scale, complex, cross-border disputes, and is ‘one of the best in the market’. The team consists of a ‘great selection of top-quality but nice and happy lawyers’, with Clive Zietman leading the team that consists of ‘complete package’ Ian Gatt KC, and ‘highly organized and efficient’ Lorraine Lanceley. Lucy Ward is integral to the team, with specific expertise in complex securities litigation – a mainstay of the work undertaken by the team. The bench strength of the team continues to develop, with the arrival of Alex Leitch from Paul Hastings LLP.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Family
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Transport > Travel
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Employment > Senior executives
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Dispute resolution > Public international law