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Mr Alexander Cook KC KC
Work Department
Litigation – commercial chancery; company; insolvency; fraud; civil; proceeds of crime; civil recovery.
Position
Alexander Cook KC has a litigation-focussed commercial Chancery practice, with a significant emphasis on high value disputes in
England & Wales and offshore. His work encompasses all aspects of commercial litigation and arbitration, civil fraud, company law, insolvency, and actions under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
A significant proportion of Alexander’s practice comprises offshore or international work. He appears regularly before the courts of the British Virgin Islands, both in the Commercial Court and the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal. In addition, Alexander is registered as a legal practitioner with the Court of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and is called to the Bar of Northern Ireland. Other offshore experience includes acting in cases involving jurisdictions such as Nevis, Bermuda, Anguilla, Cyprus, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Jersey and Guernsey.
In addition to his private work, Alexander also undertakes work on behalf of the UK government. He has been appointed as Standing Counsel to the Competition and Markets Authority, and was (before taking silk) a member of the Attorney General’s A Panel of Counsel.
Career
Call: 2008; Silk: 2023
Memberships
Bars of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands), DIFC Court, Northern Ireland, New York State, Member of COMBAR and Chancery Bar Association
Appointments: Standing Counsel to the Competition and Markets Authority, Legal Services Panel for the Government of the British Virgin Islands
Education
The King’s School, Chester; University College, Oxford (MA (Oxon)); Washington and Lee University (LLM).
Leisure
Tennis, skiing, triathlon.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Proceeds of crime (POCA) and asset forfeiture
(2023 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1London Bar > Company
(2023 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Alexander Cook KC – 4 Stone Buildings ‘Alex is extremely thorough and also very hands on, and he grasps complex factual and legal issues with ease.’
London Bar > Fraud: civil
(2023 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Alexander Cook KC –4 Stone Buildings ‘He is extremely hardworking, very intelligent, and measured in all the work and advice he produces. He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of case law, and his calm manner in court comes across as mature, reliable and persuasive.’
With ‘excellent barristers and strength in depth‘, 4 Stone Buildings has particular experience in acting for liquidators, administrators, directors, creditors, bondholders, bond trustees, and shareholders in cases that frequently incorporate international aspects, such as worldwide tracing claims and cross-border insolvency issues. In recent highlights, Alexander Cook KC, who took silk in 2023, acted for the claimant in a large-value fraud dispute in the BVI Commercial Court and the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal; and in the senior-junior ranks, Christopher Harrison is acting in one of the highest profile corporate disqualification proceedings currently making its way through the courts, the matter concerning a well-known public relations firm. Rising star Karl Anderson is particularly focused on civil fraud matters involving both the UK and overseas.
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(2023 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Alexander Cook KC –4 Stone Buildings ‘His written work is beyond compare – clear, lucid and persuasive. He is a client’s dream, and the best team player at the bar.’
4 Stone Buildings is an ‘excellent chambers with an impeccable reputation for having first-rate advocates‘. The set has a significant track record in major disputes in both the Commercial and Chancery courts, ranging from disputes over commercial contracts, to boardroom fallouts from market disasters. In Dargamo Holdings Ltd v Avonwick Holdings Ltd, Jonathan Crow KC is instructed in an appeal arising from a dispute between three Ukrainian oligarchs, the matter involving complex allegations of deceit, causation issues, and conflicts over choice of law; and in Tribe v Elborne Mitchell, George Bompas KC successfully defended, with an order for indemnity costs, a claim for an increased share of partnership profits by a former partner. Particularly focused on high-value disputes in England and Wales, as well as offshore jurisdictions, Alexander Cook KC took silk in March 2023, while former member Paul Greenwood became an Insolvency and Companies Court judge in October 2022.
London Bar > Insolvency
(2023 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Alexander Cook KC –4 Stone Buildings ‘Alexander is everything that you want in a barrister. Intelligent, responsive, clear, decisive and commercial.‘
(2023 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Alexander Cook KC – 4 Stone Buildings ‘Alexander is everything that you want in a barrister. Intelligent, responsive, clear, decisive and commercial.’