David Alexander QC

Contact details:

3-4 South Square, Gray’s Inn, London WC1R 5HP.

Telephone +44 (0)20 7696 9900. Fax +44 (0)20 7696 9911. LDE 338 (Chancery Lane).
Email davidalexander@southsquare.com. Web www.southsquare.com

Areas of practice:

Corporate commercial, Insolvency and corporate reconstruction; Litigation – commercial and chancery; Banking; Company law; Financial Services; Offshore trust litigation; Personal insolvency; Professional negligence.

Education:

MA (Magdalene College, Cambridge)

Professional career:

Called to the Bar 1987 (Middle Temple), appointed Queen’s Counsel 2006, called to the Bermuda Bar 1997 (ad hoc – Thyssen litigation).

Reported cases include:

Re: AY Bank Ltd v Bosnia and Herzegovina [2006] 2 AllER (Comm) 463

Indofood International Finance v JP Morgan Chase Bank NA [2006] STC 1195

Wilkinson v West Coast Capital [2005] All ER (D) 321

Ashborder BV v Green Gas Power Ltd [2005] 1 BCLC 623

Daltel Europe Ltd (in liquidation) [2005] 1 BCLC 623

Reid v Ramlort [2005] 1 BCLC 331

Re Arena Corporation Ltd [2004] BPIR 415

Crown Dilmun and another v Sutton and another [2004] 1 BCLC 468

Strongmaster v. Kaye [2004] BPIR 335

Re Arena Corporation [2003] All ER (D) 227 (Dec)

Re. Thoars (Dec’d) [2003] BPIR 1444

Re. Baars [2003] BPIR 523

Inn Spirit Ltd (in liquidation) v Burns & Anor [2002] BCLC 780

Macmillan v. BIT [1995] 1 WLR 978

Re English & American Insurance Co Ltd [1994] 1 BCLC 649

Re a Debtor (No. 222 of 1990) [1992] BCLC 137

Leyland Daf Ltd. v. Automotive Products plc [1993] BCC 389; [1994] 1 BCLC 245

Re a Debtor (No. 222 of 1990) [1993] BCLC 233

Cornhill Insurance plc. v. Cornhill Financial Services [1992] BCC 818

Re: Busytoday Ltd [1992] 1WLR 683; [1992] BCC 480; [1993] BCLC 43

Re: BCCI [1992] BCC 83

Re: Rowbotham Baxter Ltd [1990] BCC 133

Re: State of Norway’s Applications (Nos 1 and 2) [1990] AC 723

In re a Debtor (No. 10 of 1988) [1989] 1 WLR 405; [1989] 2 All ER 39.

Also instructed in relation to:

Atlantic Computers

ILG (Air Europe)

Maxwell litigation (1992 – 1996)

Emlico (1996) (Bermuda)

KWELM (1996 – 1997)

Thyssen litigation (1996 – 2002) (Bermuda)

TXU

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Professional Memberships:

COMBAR

Chancery Bar Association