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Alex’s practice areas are: (i) sanctions and export control; (ii) business crime, investigations, and the debarment frameworks of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs); (iii) international arbitration – often involving International Organisations; (iv) international administrative law and the institutional law of International Organisations including their privileges and immunities; and (v) international regulatory and disciplinary proceedings.

Much of Alex’s instructions involve appearing before international courts and tribunals in Washington DC, New York, London, and  other headquarters of International Organisations such as Jeddah, Addis Ababa, and Geneva. Alex has been instructed in cases involving more than 45 International Organisations and has appeared before dozens of International Administrative Tribunals and judicial bodies including those of the World Bank Group, EBRD, IADB, Islamic Development Bank, OAS, and United Nations.

Alex’s unusual practice leads to instructions on multidisciplinary and cross-border issues involving economic sanctions, investigations, International Organisations, and the anti-corruption frameworks of MDBs.

Alex is admitted to practise at the Bars of England and Wales, Ireland, New York, and Washington DC. He is a specialist in international law and sanctions, with expertise in the law of International Organisations. Alex is a Franco-British dual national and fluent in Spanish.

He was appointed to the Attorney General’s London B Panel in 2019 for a five-year period and as Sanctions Officer (first-tier decision-maker) at the Caribbean Development Bank in 2020 for fraud and corruption cases. In 2023, he was elected Co-Chair of the New York State Bar Association International Section London Chapter. Alex has been a member of the Bar Council International Committee for more than a decade and is registered for direct access and qualified for litigation. Alex co-edited and co-authored OUP’s UK Sanctions Law and Practice textbook and co-authored the chapters on Financial Sanctions and the Debarment Frameworks of MDBs for Smith and Owen on Asset Recovery (OUP) and Lissack and Horlick on International Bribery and Corruption (Butterworths LexisNexis).

French (native) Spanish (fluent) Italian (basic)