Alex Burton > Trowers & Hamlins LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Trowers & Hamlins LLP Offices
3 BUNHILL ROW
LONDON
EC1Y 8YZ
England
Alex Burton
Work Department
Dispute Resolution and Litigation
Position
Alex is a Partner in our Commercial Litigation team with over 30 years of experience in advising clients in complex and high-value commercial disputes both in the UK and internationally. He is primarily based in London but divides his time between our London and Gulf offices.
Alex has significant experience covering a wide range of industry sectors, including financial services, energy and infrastructure, aviation and professional liability.
His expertise includes matters involving commercial fraud, restructuring and asset management, in addition to disputes arising in connection with Islamic financing arrangements.
Alex represents clients in court proceedings (in particular the English Commercial Court) and arbitration references. He has represented clients in court or arbitration proceedings in several jurisdictions, and has familiarity with various arbitral rules and arbitration centres. He has considerable experience of operating in co-operation with lawyers in other jurisdictions in litigation and arbitration.
A substantial part of Alex’s practice is focussed on clients who are based in or operate in the Middle East.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
Trowers & Hamlins LLP‘s 19-strong team is particularly well known for heavyweight commercial disputes, litigation involving public sector bodies, and Middle East-related matters. It is also experienced in contentious insolvency work and financial services-related commercial judicial reviews. The group additionally assists charity and trust clients with disputes. The ‘always available’ Lucy James leads the firm’s national commercial litigation team. Alex Burton represents clients from the financial services and aviation sectors and Navinder Grover is an expert in corporate disputes, fraud and insolvency. Charlotte Clayson acts in commercial and public law disputes. In July 2023, commercial litigator Michael Rhode was made partner.
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
Trowers & Hamlins LLP’s ‘well-resourced team’ regularly acts in high-profile fraud cases. Experienced in using litigation funders to fund claims, the group’s expertise covers cyber fraud cases, compliance, risk management and investigations. Leading the practice from Birmingham, Helen Briant ‘excels in devising effective strategies’. The London office fields national commercial litigation team head Lucy James, whose practice includes cross-jurisdictional fraud claims and investigations; Middle East specialist Alex Burton; and Navinder Grover, an expert in fraud cases, corporate disputes and insolvency-related matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Commercial litigation: mid-market London > Dispute resolution
- Fraud: civil London > Crime, fraud and licensing
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Local government
- Real estate > Social housing: local authorities and registered providers
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Real estate > Social housing: finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Travel
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Real estate > Planning
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Transport > Aviation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Property finance
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration