Alexander Neale > Debenhams Ottaway > St Albans, England > Lawyer Profile
Debenhams Ottaway Offices
IVY HOUSE
107 ST PETERS STREET
ST ALBANS
AL1 3EW
England
Alexander Neale
Work Department
Dispute resolution and litigation
Position
Alexander is a partner in the dispute resolution and litigation team. He specialises in contentious and non-contentious insolvency, from general restructuring options to more complex recovery actions under misfeasance, wrongful trading and antecedent transactions. Alex has a particular expertise in office holder claims and recovery actions, many of which have had complex international aspects or have been reported. His cases have led to him undertaking enforcement action in jurisdictions such as the BVI, Barbados and Florida.
Career
Trained Debenhams Ottaway; qualified 2014; partner 2021.
Memberships
A member of the London Solicitors Litigation Association (LSLA) and R3, the trade association for UK insolvency and restructuring professionals
Education
Studied law at the University of Portsmouth in 2010 and then undertook the LPC at the College of Law, Guildford in 2011.
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
Debenhams Ottaway‘s litigation and dispute resolution department has a strong track record for boardroom disputes, company dissolutions, contractual disputes, debt recovery and fall outs arising out of personal guarantees, banking litigation and professional negligence issues. Practice head Juliet Schalker handles litigation before the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. Alexander Neale is a key contact for advice on director and shareholder disputes.
South East > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
Debenhams Ottaway‘s insolvency offering is jointly spearheaded by Juliet Schalker and Alexander Neale in St Albans who oversee the group’s work on behalf of a diverse client base that counts banks, financial investors, directors and insolvency practitioners.
Lawyer Rankings
- Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx South East > Dispute resolution
- Insolvency and corporate recovery South East > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Family: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Real estate > Commercial property: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Employment > Employment: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery