Alfred Weiss

Alfred is a specialist in business disputes involving: commercial contracts; finance agreements; shareholder and corporate disputes; partnership and joint venture disputes; directors’ duties; employment-related duties and employment disputes; obligations of confidentiality.

Very often his cases have an insolvency dimension, a cross-border element, or feature allegations of commercial fraud and economic torts.

He appears in substantial High Court trials and applications, and in the Employment Appeal Tribunal and Court of Appeal.

He is regularly instructed to obtain urgent injunctive relief, such as freezing orders, proprietary injunctions, and injunctions to enforce restrictive covenants or restrain misuse of confidential information.

Alfred is regularly instructed in international arbitrations, under rules such as the ICC and LCIA, and in related High Court proceedings such as challenges to arbitration awards pursuant to sections 67 and/or 68 Arbitration Act 1996.

Alfred’s Employment practice is focused on High Court litigation involving business protection disputes concerning confidentiality, restrictive covenants, and database rights; bonus and earn out disputes; shareholder disputes with an employment related angle such as involving ‘bad leaver’ provisions.

He has a wealth of experience acting in Employment Tribunals; his current Tribunal practice is focused on highly complex matters such as public interest disclosure and discrimination allegations.

Alfred is ideally placed to deal with the interplay between commercial, insolvency and employment law.

He is a member of the Attorney-General’s A Panel of Counsel.

Alfred is a member of the International Bar Association, the Commercial Bar Association, and is a member of the Attorney-General’s A Panel of Counsel.