Fountain Court Chambers

Senior Clerk

Alex Taylor has led Fountain Court’s clerking team since 2008.

Alongside the overall supervision of the clerking team, he has day-to-day responsibility for the clerking of Fountain Court’s most senior silks, with the assistance of Luke Diebelius and Matthew Evans. He is centrally involved in the management of Chambers as well as building and maintaining relationships with our clients, both domestically and internationally.

At the 2021 Chambers Bar Awards, Alex was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award, in recognition of his outstanding career. He was also named ‘Senior Clerk of the Year’ at The Legal 500’s 2018 awards, after being shortlisted for four years.

Excellent client attention and a highly efficient and bespoke clerking service are Alex’s hallmarks and have been throughout his five-decade career. Under Alex’s leadership Fountain Court has received a number of awards including:

Set of the Year 2023, The Legal 500 Southeast Asia Awards Professional Discipline Set of the Year 2022, Chambers Bar Awards Financial Services and Insurance Set of the Year 2022, The Legal 500 Bar Awards Professional Discipline Set of the Year 2022, 2021 and 2019, Chambers Bar Awards Banking Set of the Year 2018, Chambers Bar Awards Commercial Litigation Set of the Year 2018, The Legal 500 Awards Banking Set of the Year and Professional Negligence Set of the Year 2017, Chambers Bar Awards Chambers of the Year and Commercial Set of the Year 2016, Chambers Bar Awards Chambers of the Year 2010, both Legal Business and The Lawyer

He is a contributing co-author of a chapter dealing with Practice Management and Business Development in The Independent Bar – Insights into a Unique Business Model.