One Essex Court

Alex has a broad commercial practice spanning all areas of work at One Essex Court, with a particular focus on banking and finance litigation, civil fraud, and disputes with an international aspect. Alongside his led work, he is often instructed as sole counsel.

In addition to his practice at the Bar, Alex is an established academic lawyer. He is a Prize Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford, and an Academic Fellow at the National University of Singapore. His work spans private law generally, with a particular focus on remedies and unjust enrichment/restitution.

His recent instructions include acting (with Niranjan Venkatesan KC) on an application to strike out claims alleging frauds valued at over USD 326 million; acting (with Nehali Shah) in a high-value international dispute concerning title deeds deposited as security; acting (with Neil Kitchener KC, James Weale, and Rob Harris) in relation to a potential €200 million post-judgment anti-suit injunction; and acting (with Sandy Phipps) in a claim arising from a business email compromise fraud.

Called 2021, Gray’s Inn

Academic Fellow, EW Barker Centre for Law and Business, National University of Singapore (2024–present)

Prize Fellow, All Souls College, University of Oxford (2019–present)

Author of numerous works on private law, including: – Substitutive Remedies: Performance-Based Awards in English Law (Hart Publishing, forthcoming) – ‘Are equitable remedies discretionary?’ (2025) 18 Journal of Equity 246 (with Dr Timothy Liau) – ‘Making contract-breakers pay’ (2025) 141 Law Quarterly Review 104 – ‘Mistaken payments, quasi-contracts, and the “justice” of unjust enrichment’ (2022) 42 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 606 – ‘Taking trusts seriously’ (2021) 137 Law Quarterly Review 305

Conversational Mandarin and Cantonese (spoken, read and written)

COMBAR

DPhil in Law, All Souls College, University of Oxford (2020–2024)

BCL, Brasenose College, University of Oxford (Distinction) (2018–2019) – Temple Chambers (Hong Kong) Scholarship

BA in Jurisprudence, Brasenose College, University of Oxford (First Class Honours) (2014–2017) – Martin Wronker Prize for best overall performance – Gibbs Prize (Proxime Accessit) – 3 Verulam Buildings Prize for Commercial Law – White & Case Prize for Comparative Private Law

Chess, running, travel