SILK PROFILE

Daniel Alexander KC

UK Bar 2026

8 New Square

Ranked in 1 practice area

Intellectual Property

London (Bar)

31 years ranked

About

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UK Bar

Practice Areas

Barrister (KC) specialising principally in intellectual property, media and entertainment, information technology (IT Silk of the Year, 2007), EC and commercial law. Practice regularly involves cases with international and multi-jurisdicational aspects. Advocacy and advisory work in a wide variety of cases at all levels of UK courts and at the EPO, ECJ and General Court (CFI). Regular involvement in international arbitrations as counsel or arbitrator. Recent cases include: Thoratec Europe Ltd and GmbH Aachen Innovative, Unilever Plc and Ors and Ian Alexander Shanks, Unwired Planet v Huawei, Actavis v Eli Lilly. For comprehensive CV visit our website at www.8newsquare.co.uk

Career

Born: London, 1963. Education: BA Physics and Philosophy (Oxford Univeristy, 1985); DipLaw (1986); LLM (Harvard Law School, 1987); called to New York Bar (1988). Called to English Bar, 1988; KC, 2003; Deupty High Court Judge, 2006.

Professional Memberships

Chairman of the Intellectual Property Bar Association (IPBA); Chancery Bar Association.

Publications

Joint author of Guidebook to Intellectual Property Law; joint editor 'Clerk & Lindsell on Torts ; 'Encyclopaedia of UK & European Patent Law' ; various articles and lectures.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK Bar

Intellectual Property - London (Bar)

Star Individuals

Individual Editorial

Daniel Alexander KC is a market-leading silk who enjoys an exceptional reputation for his advocacy in patent litigation involving pharmaceutical and TMT companies. His experience includes handling novel appellate actions arising from inventorship claims. He is consistently involved in cases that establish precedent in areas including patent infringement and licensing.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Daniel is very statesmanlike in the way he does submissions. He sits as a deputy judge and he really knows when to push judges.
Intellectual PropertyUK Bar
He is smooth and good at answering difficult questions from the Bench.
Intellectual PropertyUK Bar
We instruct him on the difficult cases that require detailed thinking. He is an exceptional advocate who has the ear of the judges at the Court of Appeal and at first-instance courts.
Intellectual PropertyUK Bar