JUNIOR PROFILE

Alec McCluskey

UK Bar 2026

Maitland Chambers

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Partnership

London (Bar)

9 years ranked

Chancery: Commercial

London (Bar)

10 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Commercial

Chancery work with a particular emphasis on litigation and arbitration

Banking and Financial Services

Career

Alec’s practice spans the whole range of commercial and chancery work, with a particular emphasis on litigation and arbitration. Alec has particular experience of banking and financial services disputes, heavy contractual and business disputes (including fraud claims and cases with international elements), insolvency, company and partnership work, professional negligence, trusts and property matters.

Professional Memberships

COMBAR, FSLA, ChBA

Publications

Contributor to Lender Claims (2010)

Personal

Former Chapman Scholar of the Inner Temple, at Bar School was placed top in his year, winning the Scarman Scholarship and the Stephen Seabrooke Memorial Prize.

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Partnership - London (Bar)

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Alec McCluskey acts extensively in both domestic and international partnership disputes, often representing individual partners or the creditors of partnerships. He is frequently instructed in conflicts between the partnership laws of different jurisdictions.

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Strengths

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Alec McCluskey is brilliant - he's really smart and always really calm, however fraught the situation.
PartnershipUK Bar
Alec is very user-friendly and cuts through the detail to provide very straightforward, logical advice. He can take really complex matters and distil them into something really client-friendly.
PartnershipUK Bar
Alec McCluskey is super-bright, incredibly helpful, highly proactive and someone whom clients love. He is the complete package.
PartnershipUK Bar
Alec McCluskey is razor-sharp and really nice to work with. He is also very responsive.
PartnershipUK Bar
Alec is very, very bright, strong on the law and great at drafting. A man who comes up with great suggestions, he's very practical, very helpful and available when needed.
Chancery: CommercialUK Bar
Alec is a good advocate who is very careful. He's a real safe pair of hands.
Chancery: CommercialUK Bar