JUNIOR PROFILE

Alexandra Whelan

UK Bar 2026

Fountain Court Chambers

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Banking & Finance

London (Bar)

2 years ranked

Commercial Dispute Resolution

London (Bar)

4 years ranked

About

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UK Bar

Practice Areas

Barrister specialising in commercial litigation, including aviation, banking, civil fraud, insolvency, the regulation of financial and level services, and public law.

Recent notable led cases include: NMC Healthcare Ltd and ors v Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty, Pransanth Manghat and Bank of Baroda (ongoing); Sayacorp B.S.C (formerly First Energy Bank B.S.C.) v NMC Healthcare Ltd and associated companies; and NMC Healthcare Ltd (in administration) (subject to a deed of company arrangement) and Ors v Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC and Ors [2023] ADGMCFI 0017.

Career

Called to the Bar of England and Wales 2016. Admitted to practice as an Australian lawyer 2011.

2017-Present: Barrister, Fountain Court Chambers

2016-2017: Pupil Barrister, Fountain Court Chambers

2013-2014: Associate (judicial assistant), Federal Court of Australia

2011-2013: Solicitor, King & Wood Mallesons (Melbourne, Australia)

Publications

Co-author (with Joshua Getzler), ‘Common Law and the Constraint of Financial Markets: Credit Rating Agencies as a Test Case’ in Kit Barker, Karen Fairweather, and Ross Grantham (eds), Private Law in the 21stCentury (Hart Publishing, 2017), ch 13.

Personal

2010 Bachelor of Law (First Class Honours); Bachelor of Arts, University of Melbourne

2015 Bachelor of Civil Law (Distinction), Oxford University

2016 MPhil in Law (Distinction), Oxford University

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK Bar

Banking & Finance - London (Bar)

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Alexandra Whelan is a respected barrister with a highly regarded banking practice. She leverages her prior experience as a solicitor to assist banks in a range of courts. She is regularly sought to act in high-profile commercial disputes involving international elements, as well as having experience of class action matters.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Alexandra is a great up-and-coming junior with a good breadth of experience.
Banking & FinanceUK Bar
She is a very capable and conscientious banking junior.
Banking & FinanceUK Bar
Alexandra Whelan is really intelligent. She produced fabulous documents in a quarter of the time it would take the average human. Solicitors adore her.
Commercial Dispute ResolutionUK Bar
Alexandra Whelan is very hard-working and very user-friendly. She is a strong technical lawyer and someone who manages to turn work around quickly.
Commercial Dispute ResolutionUK Bar