Alex Bailin KC

Practice Areas

Alex’s practice centres on financial and business crime, 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. He represents a wide range of clients: senior business executives, regulators, prosecuting authorities, multinational corporations, banks, hedge funds, private equity groups, fintechs, government departments, family offices. Sought after for his advice during the investigatory stages and for heavyweight trial or appellate work.

A wealth of financial services experience; acted in a number of complex 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.

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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