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Provided by Alexandra Underwood
Alexandra Underwood is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution team at Fieldfisher.
Her practice focuses on multijurisdictional commercial litigation and arbitration.
• She works in international arbitrations (e.g. LCIA, ICC, UNCITRAL, ICSID, ad hoc), as well as in English High Court proceedings.
• She has particular expertise in matters involving, fraud, public procurement, investment treaty disputes (telecoms, real estate, aviation), international commercial arbitration and recovering “hidden assets” from complex structures.
Examples of cases
• Co-leading defence of a USD 3 billion+ ICC arbitration seated in Geneva concerning alleged breach of a telecom licence by an African state.
• Advising a private equity house in a €100 million fraud claim against a former CEO, securing injunctive relief from the English High Court (asset freezing) to support proceedings in Italy.
• Acted for five real estate owners in UNCITRAL arbitrations to claim compensation for expropriation of investments by the Russian government.
• Advising an investor in a multi-million USD investment treaty arbitration under ICSID rules (against Ukraine, in the airline industry).
• Acting for a seller of a gaming business (in Romania) in a cross-jurisdictional dispute regarding finance agreements.
• Representing a publicly listed company’s subsidiary to challenge a defective award of a UK government contract (value ~£400m) in procurement litigation.
Provided by Chambers
Alexandra Underwood has a commendable arbitration practice, with broad experience in real estate, telecommunications, aviation and construction disputes. She has notable experience advising under the ICC, LCIA, LMAA, ICSID and UNCITRAL rules.
Provided by Chambers
Alexandra works really hard on the detail and is diligent.
Alexandra is very commercial and has a great awareness of key issues.
Alexandra is an absolute star and is utterly committed to her clients.
Alexandra works really hard on the detail and is diligent.
Alexandra is very commercial and has a great awareness of key issues.
Alexandra is an absolute star and is utterly committed to her clients.