Alexander Heylin

Consistently recommended by the Legal Directories for Commercial Chancery work including - Insolvency, Company, Commercial and Cross Border Litigation. ‘a creative lateral thinker who is always up for the fight’, ‘strong on paper and on his feet’ and ‘an excellent courtroom advocate and is very user friendly’. In respect of his cross border practice ‘what really sets him apart is his wealth of knowledge having practiced in several jurisdictions – this makes him a real asset in any cross border litigation. A real star.’

Alexander advises and appears as an advocate at all levels of the England and Wales court system along with several offshore jurisdictions. He appears in arbitrations both domestic and international in nature. Alexander’s international experience makes him particularly well suited to cases involving cross border issues.

Alexander specializes in complex company, commercial and insolvency litigation and arbitration in particular cross border or international. Work includes an emphasis on civil fraud, company, insolvency and regulatory matters, as well as complex commercial disputes generally. He has a particular emphasis on shareholder disputes and cases involving the fiduciary duties of directors.

Alexander regularly advises shareholders in joint venture disputes and acts in contentious matters involving trusts and involuntary liquidation.

He recently successfully appeared in 2025 in the Court of Appeal (England and Wales) in Syspal Capital Limited v Truman and Another [2025] EWCA Civ 469 and Servis Terminal LLC v Drelle [2025] EWCA Civ 698.

Called Bar England 2000, Turks and Caicos 2011, Cayman 2015, BVI 2016