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Alyssa Stansbury
Position
Alyssa has a broad practice covering all areas of commercial dispute resolution. She has worked on a variety of commercial disputes in areas such as civil fraud, banking, energy, shareholder disputes and jurisdiction challenges.
Her current cases include Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation v Dechert LLP & Ors, where she is instructed by ENRC (with Clare Montgomery QC, Nathan Pillow QC, Anna Boase QC, Tim Akkouh, James MacDonald, Jack Rivett, Freddie Popplewell and Matthew Hoyle) in two joined claims brought by ENRC against its former solicitors and the SFO.
From October 2018 to March 2019, Alyssa spent five months as a Judicial Assistant in the Commercial Court, where she worked on cases such as Marme Inversiones 2007 SL v Natwest Markets Plc [2019] EWHC 366 (Comm) (Picken J), Tugushev v Orlov [2019] EWHC 645 (Comm) (Carr J) and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited v ING Bank N.V. [2019] EWHC 676 (Comm) (Moulder J).
Career
Barrister, One Essex Court (2018-present)
Judicial Assistant, Commercial Court (October 2018-March 2019)
Teaching Fellow, UCL (2016-2017)
Memberships
COMBAR (including as a member of the executive committee of Junior COMBAR)
Gray’s Inn (called 2017)
Education
University of Oxford (2011-2015), BA Jurisprudence with Law Studies in Europe (French Law) (First Class Honours, ranked third in year)
Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris II (2013-2014), Certificat Supérieur de Droit Français.
University of Oxford (2015-2016), Bachelor of Civil Law (Distinction)
BPP Law School London (2016-2017), BPTC (Outstanding, Top of Year)
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Rising stars)Ranked: Tier 1Alyssa Stansbury – One Essex Court ‘A brilliant junior who is intelligent, proactive, sensible and commercial – one of the best around for her call.‘
London Bar > Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
(Rising stars)Ranked: Tier 1Alyssa Stansbury – One Essex Court ‘Alyssa is an absolute star. She’s on top of everything and has nous beyond her years.’
London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Rising stars)Ranked: Tier 1Alyssa Stansbury – One Essex Court ‘Alyssa is going to be one of the outstanding lawyers of her generation. She is highly intelligent, incredibly hardworking, and very user-friendly.‘
‘One of the standout London commercial sets‘, One Essex Court fields ‘a great collection of top-end silks‘. The set’s members handle a sizeable number of cases that involve civil fraud elements, as well as allegations of bribery, conspiracy, deceit, misrepresentation, unlawful means, corruption or dishonesty. In one of the largest and most complex cases to come before the Commercial Court, Laurence Rabinowitz KC and Jamie Goldsmith KC represent SKAT, the Danish tax authority, in a high-profile £1.5bn claim against over 100 defendants, which concerns an alleged international conspiracy to deceive the Danish tax authority through “cum-ex” strategies. Sonia Tolaney KC‘s recent highlights include acting for Vale, a Brazilian multinational mining conglomerate, in a $2bn mining rights-related claim for fraudulent misrepresentation and conspiracy to defraud. Henry Forbes Smith KC, who is routinely instructed in major fraud disputes, is at silk level since March 2023; and rising star Alyssa Stansbury is currently part of the counsel team for a high-profile Ukrainian businessman, in PrivatBank v Kolomoisky, Bogolyubov & Ors, which concerns the allegation that approximately $2bn was misappropriated from Ukrainian bank PrivatBank. Nathaniel Bird joined the team in October 2023.