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Alex Bailin KC

Alex Bailin KC

UK Bar 2026

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Ranked in 7 practice areas

Extradition

London (Bar)

8 years ranked

Financial Crime

London (Bar)

12 years ranked

Financial Crime: Corporates

London (Bar)

12 years ranked

Civil Liberties & Human Rights

London (Bar)

20 years ranked

Administrative & Public Law

London (Bar)

18 years ranked

Crime

London (Bar)

18 years ranked

Financial Services

London (Bar)

1 year ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Alex’s practice centres on financial and business crime, financial services, all aspects of criminal law, and extradition. His work also involves public law, human rights, media law and public international law.

Instructed in a wide variety of business crime cases: corporate manslaughter, corruption, cartels, frauds of all kinds, insider dealing. Instructed in many major SFO cases. A wide range of clients: CEOs, senior business executives, multinational corporations, banks, hedge funds, private equity groups, fintechs, family offices. Sought after for the investigatory stages and for heavyweight trial or appellate work.

A wealth of financial services experience; acted in a number of major regulatory investigations by the FCA and PRA before the RDC, EDMC and Upper Tribunal.

Acted in a number of high profile extradition cases, particularly from the US.

Commercial work often has a criminal aspect to it e.g. Commercial Court litigation with parallel criminal proceedings.

General criminal work ranges from murder and gross negligence manslaughter to interception of communications and official secrets.

See further information here: https://www.matrixlaw.co.uk/member/alex-bailin/

Career

Previously a derivatives trader in the City

Cambridge University (Mathematics); Sussex University (Law)

Deputy High Court Judge (Administrative Court)

Recorder (Crown Court)

Clooney Justice Foundation – Advisory Board

Called 1995, Silk 2010

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Extradition - London (Bar)

Band 1
Individual Editorial

Alex Bailin KC focuses his practice on business crime, human rights and extradition matters. He regularly represents foreign states as well as requested persons in extradition proceedings. His expertise also includes cases involving Interpol Red Notices.

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Financial Crime: Corporates - London (Bar)

Band 1
Individual Editorial

Alex Bailin KC is a popular choice of adviser for financial market-related matters, who is no stranger to finance, having had a career in derivatives trading before coming to the Bar. He is applauded for being quick to grasp the facts at hand as well as for his winning interpersonal skills with solicitors and lay clients. He has considerable experience of representing blue-chip clients in rate manipulation and corruption matters.

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Financial Crime - London (Bar)

Band 1
Individual Editorial

Alex Bailin KC is a popular choice of adviser for financial market-related matters, who is no stranger to finance, having had a career in derivatives trading before coming to the Bar. He is applauded for being quick to grasp the facts at hand as well as for his winning interpersonal skills with solicitors and lay clients. He has considerable experience of representing blue-chip clients in rate manipulation and corruption matters.

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Civil Liberties & Human Rights - London (Bar)

Band 2
Individual Editorial

Alex Bailin KC is highly respected for his civil liberties and human rights work. His very busy practice has a strong criminal law slant and he routinely receives instructions in significant matters concerning police power, data retention and torture issues, representing affected and interested parties at the Supreme Court, Administrative Court and European Court of Human Rights.

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Administrative & Public Law - London (Bar)

Band 3
Individual Editorial

Alex Bailin KC is adept at the application of public and administrative law in the criminal justice and commercial spheres. He routinely appears in domestic and international public law and human rights proceedings.

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Financial Services - London (Bar)

Band 3
Individual Editorial

Alex Bailin KC is a highly skilled silk with experience in a broad range of financial matters, from market abuse investigations to financial regulatory disputes. He has further experience of representing individual clients, corporates and fintech companies.

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Strengths

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  • Alex can do everything in court and intellectually but also knows how to work as a team. He lifts the team up.

    ExtraditionUK Bar

  • Alex is a very savvy operator and good with clients.

    Financial Crime: CorporatesUK Bar

  • Alex is brilliant on complex regulatory matters regarding financial crime. He has a brilliant ability to grasp complex matters.

    Financial Crime: CorporatesUK Bar

  • Alex is great. He is the most responsive professional, he is so reliable.

    Financial Crime: CorporatesUK Bar

  • Alex was absolutely brilliant.

    Administrative & Public LawUK Bar

  • Alex is outstanding and great on cases regarding media and publicity.

    Administrative & Public LawUK Bar

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