Mr Alexander Weinberg > Wallace LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Wallace LLP Offices
27 Mortimer Street
LONDON
W1T 3JF
England
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Mr Alexander Weinberg
Work Department
Commercial Litigation & Banking and Financial Services Litigation
Position
Partner
Areas of Practice – High Value Commercial Litigation & Arbitration, Domestic & Multi-Jurisdictional Shareholder, Joint Venture and Company/Corporate disputes, Banking & Financial Services Litigation, including cases involving mis-selling, misconduct, misrepresentation, deceit, fraud, breach of duty, contractual interpretation and breach of transactional documentation, as well as various contentious restructurings and substantial group actions for consumers and retail investors against major institutions.
Career
Significant expertise and an impressive track record in all forms of general commercial litigation and banking and financial services dispute resolution gained at leading City and US firms. Experience in advising clients on a range of regulatory investigations conducted by authorities in the UK and US, including the Financial Conduct Authority and the Securities and Exchange Commission, and representing clients on anti-trust/competition matters in the Competition Appeal Tribunal, High Court and the Court of Appeal. Clients include private equity investors, hedge funds, corporate finance boutiques, family offices, HNWIs as well as listed and privately owned companies.
Positions
Wallace, January 2014 to present | Partner
Quinn Emanuel, May 2011 – December 2013 | Senior Associate
Mayer Brown, October 2007 – April 2011 | Senior Associate
Bird & Bird, September 2004 – September 2007 | Solicitor
Herbert Smith, 2002 – 2004 | Trainee Solicitor
Memberships
- Law Society
- Solicitor Advocate with Higher Rights of Audience (Civil & Criminal)
Education
Cambridge University, 1997 – 2000
MA (Cantab), History
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
(Leading individuals)Wallace LLP‘s ‘tight-knit and dynamic team‘ is consistently mandated for corporate and commercial litigation that features cross-border aspects. Alexander Weinberg is ‘who clients need at the tiller in difficult cases‘; Oli Goldman acts in a range of commercial disputes, regulatory investigations and fraud-related matters; and Simon Serota is a renowned property litigator. At senior associate level, Elizabeth Asher acts in commercial and insolvency disputes; Josephine Mathew specialises in high-value commercial litigation; and Philip Blyghton ‘delivers tremendous value to clients‘.
London > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
The banking litigation practice at Wallace LLP consists of ‘exceptional thinkers who are detailed, thoughtful, and pragmatic with a focus on their clients’. The team regularly acts on complex, multi-jurisdictional banking and financial service disputes, and has impressive group litigation capabilities. The ‘tactically astute’ Alexander Weinberg leads the team, and is commended for his ‘excellent knowledge of procedure, including of litigation funding’. Also of note are Oli Goldman, and at associate level, Philip Blyghton, who is ‘extremely efficient and industrious’.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Commercial litigation: mid-market London > Dispute resolution
- Banking litigation: investment and retail London > Dispute resolution