JUNIOR PROFILE

Alexandra Tampakopoulos

UK Bar 2026

2 Hare Court

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Health & Safety

London (Bar)

11 years ranked

Inquests & Public Inquiries

London (Bar)

8 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Alexandra Tampakopoulos is a leading criminal regulatory and inquest & public inquiry barrister, building on years of experience defending and prosecuting serious crime.

She has developed expertise in inquests & public inquiries through involvement in complex, high-profile cases including the death of Alexander Litvinenko, the Hillsborough disaster, the ‘SAS Inquest’ into three army reservists’ deaths, and the public inquiries into Grenfell Tower, Manchester Arena, Covid-19, and the Thirlwall Inquiry.

Alexandra also specialises in Health & Safety, Fire Safety and Food Safety, with extensive experience advising individuals and major corporate clients across industries including Energy, Utilities, Construction, Manufacturing, Agriculture and Food.

She is ranked as a Leading Individual for Inquests and Public Inquiries, and Health & Safety, in the 2025 Chambers & Partners UK directory. A specialist defence advocate, she is Co-Head of the Health & Safety Practice Group. She was nominated for Health and Safety Junior of the Year in the Chambers UK Bar Awards (2018, 2024), and for Public Law Junior of the Year by The Legal 500 (2018).

Alexandra speaks fluent Russian and is instructed in matters requiring her language skills and specialist knowledge of Russia and the CIS region.

Before joining the Bar, Alexandra lived in Russia for several years, interning for Human Rights Watch and later working at BP.

Career

Called 2007

Professional Memberships

Attorney General’s Civil Panel C

Criminal Bar Association

Health & Safety Lawyers Association

Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Health & Safety - London (Bar)

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Alexandra Tampakopoulos handles a diverse caseload of regulatory work and acts for the defence in highly complex health and safety cases, many of which arise from fatalities. She appears in high-profile inquests. She is also regularly called upon to advise on food safety matters.

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Inquests & Public Inquiries - London (Bar)

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Alexandra Tampakopoulos is a highly sought-after barrister for complex inquests and inquiries. She is noted for her expertise in health and safety inquests and parallel prosecutions. She represents all interested parties, including bereaved families, businesses, individuals and state agents.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

She is very attentive and has a good analytical approach.
Health & SafetyUK Bar
She is outstanding in every way.
Health & SafetyUK Bar
Alex is very knowledgeable and provides excellent advice to clients, always bearing strategic considerations in mind.
Health & SafetyUK Bar
Alexandra is an excellent advocate and a very reassuring presence for clients.
Inquests & Public InquiriesUK Bar
Alexandra Tampakopoulos is excellent with clients and very good on her feet. She is reliable, calm and confident. The points she makes are all good.
Inquests & Public InquiriesUK Bar