Contractual risk management: Avoiding disputes and planning for decarbonisation

Alexander has a broad commercial dispute resolution practice across the breadth of Chambers’ practice. He is regularly instructed in the High Court (particularly the Commercial Court) and domestic and international commercial arbitrations. He has appeared successfully on several occasions in the Court of Appeal.

Alexander is listed as a leading practitioner in Shipping / Shipping and Commodities, International Trade, Commercial Dispute Resolution / Commercial Litigation, Energy, and International Arbitration, in one or more of Chambers and Partners UK Bar, Chambers Global, The Legal 500 UK, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific and Who’s Who Legal UK Bar.

As a junior, in 2020 Alexander won “Shipping Junior of the Year” at the Legal 500 Awards, having been nominated for the same award in 2019. He has previously been listed as one of Legal Week’s 10 “Stars at the Bar” and has twice been nominated as “Shipping Junior of the Year” at the Chambers UK Bar Awards. He has acted in many of the most important and substantial shipping disputes in recent years, including for the successful charterers in both The “Tai Prize” and The “Eternal Bliss” in the Court of Appeal.

Anna has experience in a range of commercial matters with a particular focus on shipping. Most of her cases have an international element and she regularly deals with complex jurisdictional issues. She also has experience in public/regulatory cases and acted together with Lord Garnier KC in the prorogation case: R (on the application of Miller) v The Prime Minister. She is regularly instructed in charterparty, bill of lading and cargo disputes and recently spent time on secondment with Nordisk Defence Club in Oslo. She has a particular focus on decarbonisation and climate/energy litigation.

Before coming to the Bar, Anna worked for a leading international commercial law firm in Switzerland, where she focused on international arbitration. She is a fluent (native) German speaker.