Barristers

Alexandra Whelan

Alexandra Whelan

Position

Barrister specialising in commercial litigation, including aviation, banking, civil fraud, the regulation of financial and level services, and public law.

Recent notable led cases include: NMC Healthcare Ltd (in administration) (subject to a deed of company arrangement) and Ors v Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC and Ors [2023] ADGMCFI 0017; Dargamo Holdings Ltd v Avonwick Holdings Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 1149; and Mohamed Hassan El Haddad v Khulood Abdulla Hassan Al Rostamani [2021] EWHC 1892 (Ch).

Career

Called to the Bar of England and Wales 2016.  Admitted to practice as an Australian lawyer 2011.

2017-Present:    Barrister, Fountain Court Chambers

2016-2017:          Pupil Barrister, Fountain Court Chambers

2013-2014:          Associate (judicial assistant), Federal Court of Australia

2011-2013:          Solicitor, King & Wood Mallesons (Melbourne, Australia)

Co-author (with Joshua Getzler), ‘Common Law and the Constraint of Financial Markets: Credit Rating Agencies as a Test Case’ in Kit Barker, Karen Fairweather, and Ross Grantham (eds), Private Law in the 21stCentury (Hart Publishing, 2017), ch 13.

Education

2010                       Bachelor of Law (First Class Honours); Bachelor of Arts, University of Melbourne

2015                       Bachelor of Civil Law (Distinction), Oxford University

2016                       MPhil in Law (Distinction), Oxford University

Mentions

London Bar

Banking and finance (including consumer credit)

Leading junior3
Alexandra Whelan – Fountain Court Chambers ‘An outstanding commercial junior. Sharp, extremely hard-working and efficient, with excellent judgment. Alexandra is a standout junior at the commercial Bar.‘