Alexander Milner KC KC > Fountain Court Chambers > London, England > Barrister Profile

Fountain Court Chambers
FOUNTAIN COURT, TEMPLE
LONDON
EC4Y 9DH
England

Position

Barrister practising commercial litigation and international arbitration, with wide experience of civil fraud, aviation, banking, financial services, mining and energy-related disputes. Regularly appears before the High Court, Court of Appeal and arbitration tribunals.

A Russian speaker, he has appeared in many significant cases emerging from Russia and the former Soviet Union such as Tatneft v Bogolyubov, Yukos Finance v Lynch, Bank St Petersburg v Arkhangelsky, Mezhprombank v Pugachev and Berezovsky v Abramovich, as well as numerous confidential arbitrations. These are often heavy, multi-jurisdictional disputes involving extensive factual and expert evidence and issues of foreign law.

He also has wide experience of applications for injunctions and of claims to enforce foreign judgments and arbitration awards, including a $2.5 billion claim by Naftogaz of Ukraine against Gazprom and the $10 billion dispute between Process & Industrial Developments Ltd and the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

His aviation practice includes leasing, financing and insurance, slot regulation, injunctions and passenger claims.

He also sits as an arbitrator, and has been appointed to numerous tribunals seated in London, Moscow and Singapore.

He is a registered practitioner at the Dubai International Financial Centre.

Career

Called 2006, Lincoln’s Inn. Silk 2022.

Languages

Russian, French, Italian.

Memberships

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; COMBAR; Russian and CIS Arbitration Network.

Education

Eton College; King’s College, Cambridge (2003 MA Modern and Medieval Languages First Class Hons with Distinction); City University, London (2005 CPE Distinction).

Lawyer Rankings

London Bar > Banking and finance (including consumer credit)

(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3

Alexander Milner KCFountain Court ChambersAlex is extraordinarily well prepared.’

London Bar > Commercial litigation

(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 5

Alexander Milner KCFountain Court Chambers ‘Alex is very smart and logical. He works very fast and he is clear in his instructions to his juniors.’

London Bar > Aviation and Travel

(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3

Alexander Milner KCFountain Court ChambersA silk with a keen sense of case strategy.’

London Bar > Fraud: civil

(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3

Alexander Milner KCFountain Court ChambersHe is unfailingly pleasant to work with, and an expert at cutting the wheat from the chaff.’

London Bar > International arbitration: counsel

(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4

Alexander Milner KC – Fountain Court ChambersA ferociously clever silk.’