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Mr Alexander Halban
Position
Alexander practises in a broad range of commercial and civil fraud disputes – including commercial contracts, shareholders’ disputes, insolvency, civil fraud and asset tracing, and international arbitration.
Many of Alexander’s cases have an international element, involving jurisdiction challenges, conflicts of laws issues, and claims brought under foreign law. He regularly appears in applications for freezing orders and other injunctive relief. He also has experiences in disputes involving cryptocurrency.
Alexander is a fluent Russian speaker and has a particular expertise in Russian and CIS disputes, along with litigation in many other jurisdictions, especially the major offshore centres – the BVI, Cyprus, the DIFC and Singapore. He also speaks fluent French.
Recent cases include Gorbachev v Guriev, a civil fraud claim to recover assets worth US$1 billion in a Russian business listed on the London Stock Exchange and Al-Subaihi v Al-Sanea, a £16 million claim arising out of the collapse of the Saad business group in Saudi Arabia.
Career
Called to the Bar 2009
MA (Oxon), First Class Honours, Modern History and Russian, St John’s College, University of Oxford
Graduate Diploma in Law and Bar Vocational Course, City Law School
Languages
Russian (Fluent, including study at St Petersburg State University, Russia); French (Fluent)
Memberships
Commercial Bar Association; Commercial Fraud Lawyers’ Association; Russia and CIS Arbitration Network
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Company
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Alexander Halban – Littleton Chambers ‘Supremely quick on his feet, Alexander is an imperturbable junior.’
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Alexander Halban – Littleton Chambers ‘Alexander has a remarkable ability to dissect complex legal issues and present them clearly. His advocacy is persuasive and precise, making him highly effective in court.’
‘Well-regarded for its depth of expertise in commercial law’, Littleton Chambers handles commercial contract, shareholder, and business sale disputes, as well as civil fraud, intellectual property, and company law matters. Charles Samek KC is acting for all the claimants in the high-profile Athena Capital Fund and others v Secretariat of the Holy See concerning the Vatican’s purchase of a landmark building in London, where the Vatican accused the financier Raffaele Mincione of inflating the price of the property. Alexander Halban is acting for the claimant in Gorbachev v Gurlev, a Russian businessman, in a Commercial Court claim to recover shareholding interest worth $1.8 billion in PhosAgro, alleging fraud by the defendant and current owner of the company.
London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Alexander Halban –Littleton Chambers ‘A junior who demonstrates great rapport with clients.’