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Alec Haydon KC

Alec Haydon KC

Work Department

Member of Chambers

Position

Barrister specialising in all areas of commercial litigation and arbitration, advice, drafting and advocacy; retained for cases involving contractual construction, joint ventures, oil and gas disputes, commercial fraud, professional negligence, insurance and reinsurance, share purchase agreements, freezing injunctions and jurisdiction challenges. Recent cases include: Rosserlane v Credit Suisse; BG International v Talisman; Alliance Bank v Zhunus; Pinchuk v Bogolyubov; Berezovsky v Patarkatsishvili; BSkyB v EDS.

Career

Called 1993, Gray’s Inn (Prince of Wales Junior Scholarship and Arden Senior Scholarship); admitted to the New York Bar in 1995; Pegasus Scholar, Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, Washington DC and Conyers Dill and Pearman, Bermuda 1997.

Languages

French.

Education

Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School, Rochester; St John’s College, Cambridge (1992 BA Law 1st; 1995 MA); Harvard Law School (1994 LLM; Knox Fellowship, Fulbright Scholarship).

Mentions

London Bar

Banking and finance (including consumer credit)

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Alec Haydon KC – Brick Court Chambers ‘Alec drafts beautifully. As an advocate, he is always well prepared and not afraid to run difficult points or tell the judge that he is wrong (which sometimes has to be said)!’
London Bar

Commercial litigation

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Alec Haydon KC – Brick Court Chambers ‘Alec drafts beautifully - his concision and ability to focus on what is really important are impressive. As an advocate, he is always well prepared and not afraid to run difficult points.'
London Bar

Energy

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Alec Haydon KC –Brick Court Chambers ‘A tenacious advocate in court.’
London Bar

Fraud: civil

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Alec Haydon KC – Brick Court Chambers 'Alec has great clarity of mind and always provides sound advice.'