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Alexander Milner KC KC

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 3Alexander Milner KC – Fountain Court Chambers ‘Alex is extraordinarily well prepared.’
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 5Alexander Milner KC –Fountain 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 3Alexander Milner KC – Fountain Court Chambers ‘A silk with a keen sense of case strategy.’
London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Alexander Milner KC –Fountain Court Chambers ‘He 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 4Alexander Milner KC – Fountain Court Chambers ‘A ferociously clever silk.’