Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

Insurance & Professional Risks

Partner and head of the contentious Insurance & Professional Risks team in London

Alex is head of the contentious Insurance and Professional Risks team in London. His practice includes all aspects of insurance coverage disputes, commercial litigation and contentious regulatory investigations. He heads the firm's market leading Alternative Dispute Resolution practice. He is a solicitor advocate and has been a CEDR accredited mediator since 2006. 

He is particularly known for his work with clients in the energy and natural resources sector where he has represented policyholders on many of the largest losses in the London and international insurance markets, assisting clients to recover hundreds of millions of dollars from insurers through negotiation, mediation, litigation and arbitration.

Alex established and leads the firm's Decision Analysis service helping our clients take more rigorous decisions on a range of contentious matters.

Alex was winner of the FT Innovative Lawyers 2022 Award for the most Innovative Practitioner in Europe.

Alex has an MA from Cambridge University in law.