Carey Olsen

Dispute Resolution and Litigation

Alex is counsel to the dispute resolution and litigation team with experience in complex commercial litigation, contentious insolvency matters, public law cases and regulatory enforcement.

Since moving to Guernsey, Alex has been involved in a range of matters.  These include acting for certain directors to defend claims in the region of USD 1 billion brought by joint liquidators, advising parties involved in regulatory enforcement proceedings at the Royal Court and Court of Appeal level, acting for high net worth individuals in connection with a range of issues, and advising on various public law matters including judicial review.

Alex has been recognised as a Future Leader (non-partner) for Commercial Litigation by Lexology in 2023, 2024 and 2025.  Alex is also ranked in the Citywealth Leaders List 2025, and received the Citywealth Future Leaders Awards 2023 – Lawyer of the Year IFC (Senior Associate) – Silver Award.

Clients say that Alex has "exceptional attention to detail", and that his "Client service and delivery was exceptional, never missed a deadline and was on every aspect of the detail".

Alex studied at the University of York, graduating with first class honours.  He then studied at the College of Law (Moorgate), obtaining a distinction for both the GDL and LPC.

Alex trained and worked at a leading international law firm in London from 2012 to 2021, qualifying as a Solicitor in 2014.

He moved to Guernsey in 2021, and obtained the Diplôme d'Université Certificat d’Études Juridiques et Normandes in 2023.