Alexander is a dual-qualified (Russia, England & Wales) London-based Senior Associate specialising in international arbitration and cross-border litigation.
Alexander regularly represents international and CIS clients in international commercial arbitration matters before major international arbitration institutions, including the LCIA and the ICC. Alexander is also experienced in complex cross-border litigation proceedings focused on cross-border debt recovery, international insolvency, fraud and asset dissipation, including injunctions.
Alexander is a member of the firm's Kazakhstan Group and focuses on projects related to Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Alexander has advised on a number of matters relating to the impact of Russian sanctions on financial firms' obligations.
Legal 500 EMEA 2021 rating described Alexander as "top-notch" "proactive; close attention to detail; very hardworking". In 2022, a prominent Russian rating agency Pravo.ru included Alexander in the all-Russia list of recommended lawyers (in both international arbitration and cross-border disputes categories).
Background
Alexander graduated with honours from the Law Faculty of the Moscow State University, Russia. He is a Russian qualified lawyer and is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales. Alexander is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb).
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- AerCap in $3.5 billion Commercial Court proceedings concerning aviation insurance claims for aircraft lost in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine
- Floreat Private Limited and LV II Investment Management Limited in the LCIA arbitration on recovery of fees under the services and investment advisory agreements in the amount of nearly USD 85 million. As part of the defence to the claim the respondents have inter alia raised allegations of fraud, breach of fiduciary duties and breach of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. The matter is part of a larger dispute of Floreat investment group with the Taiwanese billionaire Mr Chia Hsing Wang considered by the courts in England, BVI, Caymans, Switzerland and other jurisdictions.
- Providing strategic advice to a leading global investment bank regarding claims brought in the Moscow commercial court by a designated entity, for a termination payment under an ISDA agreement between the parties, which was paid into a blocked account
- advising a major UK bank on a portfolio of claims arising out of the sale of interest rate hedging products
- ultra-high net worth individual in connection with a complex cross-border shareholders dispute regarding coal mining business in 9 jurisdictions (Cyprus, BVI, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Seychelles, Belize, England, Greece and Russia) including obtaining of disclosure and freezing orders in a number of jurisdictions
- Russian billionaire and various Russian investment vehicles in a dispute with a Russian businessman relating to mining assets (including claims under an option agreement alleged to be worth in excess of US$100 million). The matter involved an LCIA arbitration; litigation proceedings against asset dissipation and obtaining asset freezing order in Russia; fighting against commencement of 28 USC §1782 proceedings in the courts of New York, the USA; and advising on potential action in Florida
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