London Bar
Administrative law and human rights
HALL OF FAME4Alex Bailin KC –Matrix Chambers 'A hands-on leader, and a well prepared, confident and agile advocate.'
Alex Bailin
Practice area, Matrix Chambers
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Alex’s practice centres on financial and business crime, all aspects of criminal law, and extradition. His work also involves public law, human rights, media law and public international law.
Instructed in a wide variety of business crime cases: corporate manslaughter, corruption, cartels, frauds of all kinds, insider dealing. He represents a wide range of clients: senior business executives, regulators, prosecuting authorities, multinational corporations, banks, hedge funds, private equity groups, fintechs, government departments, family offices. Sought after for his advice during the investigatory stages and for heavyweight trial or appellate work.
A wealth of financial services experience; acted in a number of complex regulatory investigations by the FCA and PRA before the RDC, EDMC and Upper Tribunal.
Acted in a number of high profile extradition cases, particularly from the US.
Commercial work often has a criminal aspect to it e.g. Commercial Court litigation with parallel criminal proceedings.
General criminal work ranges from murder and gross negligence manslaughter to interception of communications and official secrets.
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Education
Cambridge University (Mathematics)
Sussex University (Law)
Mentions
London Bar
Business and regulatory crime (including global investigations)
HALL OF FAME1Alex Bailin KC –Matrix Chambers ‘Alex is very strategic, thoughtful and user-friendly. He has a particular skillset in the areas of market manipulation and extradition, and is a go-to barrister for matters that overlap crime and civil litigation. ’
London Bar
Crime
HALL OF FAME3Alex Bailin KC – Matrix Chambers ‘Alex is a tactically astute, confident and persuasive advocate. He knows his cases back to front and draws on a tremendous bank of legal knowledge.'
London Bar
Defamation and privacy
HALL OF FAME3Alex Bailin KC –Matrix Chambers ‘Alex is a polymath – brilliant at everything he turns his hand to. He has the ability to explain complex arguments in a simple and highly persuasive manner.’
London Bar
Financial services regulation
HALL OF FAME2Alex Bailin KC – Matrix Chambers ‘Alex has a unique skillset having been a trader before he trained as a barrister. This means that, in the complex trading investigations, he has a deep understanding of the subject matter and is well placed to probe the explanations being offered by the traders involved.’
London Bar
International crime and extradition
HALL OF FAME1Alex Bailin KC –Matrix Chambers ‘He is a superb advocate able to argue persuasively and to deal with difficult questions put by the tribunal.’