Alexander Weinberg

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Alexander Weinberg

Partner, Head of Commercial Litigation & Banking Litigation

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Alexander is Head of Commercial Litigation and Banking & Financial Services Litigation. He is a solicitor advocate and brings significant expertise and an impressive track record in all forms of general commercial and banking & financial services litigation gained at leading City and US firms.

He specialises in complex, high value commercial litigation and arbitration and advises regularly on domestic and multi-jurisdictional shareholder, joint venture and company/corporate disputes. Alexander’s advice is highly sought after in cases involving financial institutions and allegations of mis-selling, misconduct, misrepresentation, deceit, fraud, and breach of duty. He is acting on a number of very substantial group actions for consumers and retail investors against major financial institutions.

He also advises clients on a range of regulatory investigations conducted by authorities in the UK and US, including the Financial Conduct Authority and the Securities and Exchange Commission, and has worked on various contentious restructurings and anti-trust/competition matters, representing clients in the Competition Appeal Tribunal, High Court and the Court of Appeal.

His clients include private equity investors, hedge funds, corporate finance boutiques, family offices, high net worth individuals as well as listed and privately owned companies.

Alexander is and has been consistently ranked by the leading directories, including Chambers and Partners, Legal 500 and Lexology (formerly Who’s Who Legal).

Legal 500:

Alexander is ranked as a “Leading Partner” for Commercial Litigation by Legal 500. The current edition notes that “Alexander Weinberg is a master strategist and leads a great team that is increasingly a real force in the market". He is a “senior partner with great strategic oversight and industry knowledge who litigates properly but aggressively and doesn't miss a trick”. “Simply the best. A calm, reassuring presence who is more than ready to get his hands dirty when needed”. “Exceptional and first class, Alex Weinberg is a standout figure”. “Alex Weinberg adds real value to the team and engages brilliantly with counsel. A pleasure to work with and doggedly outcome driven”. “Alexander Weinberg knows his cases inside out and inspires confidence in his clients”.

Further accolades from Legal 500 include “highly intelligent and capable”, "enormously impressive and operates on a par with the best commercial litigation partners in the London market", “a creative thinker who leaves no stone unturned in the strategic pursuit of his client's interests”, “an expert in the field whose diligence and pragmatism sets him apart from the rest”, “he is an outstanding partner who is laser-focused on the strategic aspect of litigation and achieving a desirable outcome for his clients”, “he is one of the brightest, most tactically astute London commercial litigation partners”, “he leaves in the dust most of his counterparts at the top firms”, “he is a creative, commercially-minded professional who commands respect”, “he is a whip-smart commercial lawyer with very good judgement and fun to work with too”, “he is tremendously bright, has acute commercial judgement, and is a good choice for clients who want a personal service but with Magic Circle brainpower”, “he leads a formidable team”, “he is smart, commercial and always able to help” and “he is an absolute pleasure to work with, the best in the industry and without the ego that some lawyers of his calibre often carry”.

Chambers and Partners:

Alexander is one of only a handful of practitioners specifically ranked by Chambers and Partners for Corporate and Commercial Litigation. The current edition notes that “Alexander Weinberg is very responsive, fully aware and understanding of client needs and the case at hand. He brings excellent expertise and advice.” He is “bright and professional”, “very capable” and “good to work with”.

Additional accolades from Chambers and Partners include “a highly intelligent, incisive and brilliant strategist”, “knows his cases inside out and inspires confidence in his clients”, “an extremely impressive lawyer who has an almost uncanny ability to understand the ins and outs of a case”, “he is an excellent person to have at the tiller of substantial litigation”, “he has superb vision for the big picture strategically and always understands what really matters to his clients”, “he always manages to keep all the plates spinning, in the most complex of matters and in the most challenging situations, with both grit and unending good humour”, “he does an amazing job of keeping things on the road, and he is unflappable in the face of huge, insurmountable challenges” and “he is very insightful, articulate and fights hard for his clients”.

Lexology (formerly Who’s Who Legal):

Alexander is ranked as a “Future Leader” in Commercial Litigation by Lexology. The current edition notes that “Alexander Weinberg has built an impressive commercial litigation practice, assisting an array of clients in the banking and finance sector in high-value and complex disputes”.

He is also described as “A fantastic lawyer with vast experience handling complex disputes arising from the banking and finance sector.”

"Alexander Weinberg is very responsive, fully aware and understanding of client needs and the case at hand. He brings excellent expertise and advice."
Chambers and Partners UK 2026
"Alexander Weinberg is a master strategist and manager of cases. Adds real value to the team and engages brilliantly with counsel. A pleasure to work with and doggedly outcome driven."
Legal 500 UK 2026
"Alexander Weinberg has built an impressive commercial litigation practice, assisting an array of clients in the banking and finance sector in high-value and complex disputes."
Lexology Index: Commercial Litigation 2025
“Alexander Weinberg is first class. His business acumen and advice is excellent. He is very professional and quick in response. I would not hesitate to recommend him thoroughly.”
— Alfred Magnus, Director, Hurstglen Properties Ltd
 

Work Highlights

Corporate / Commercial

  • Acting for nine Panamanian incorporated entities in their defence of large-scale international Court proceedings valued at approximately £3 billion ongoing in several jurisdictions, including the English High Court, Monaco, Panama, Montenegro, Switzerland, Ukraine, USA, Cyprus, Latvia, Russia and several other countries, relating to the assets and dealings of prominent Russian businessman Oleg Bourlakov, who died in 2021.

  • Acting for three foreign domiciled HNWIs in their successful defence of US$2 billion Commercial Court proceedings brought against them by Vale SA, one of the world’s largest mining groups, concerning allegations of fraudulent misrepresentation and conspiracy.

  • Acting for a Bahamas based private equity fund in respect of an array of Court and international arbitration proceedings commenced in England, Switzerland, Bahamas and Cote d'Ivoire concerning valuable nickel assets in Latin America, West Africa and the Balkans.

  • Acting for two foreign incorporated entities in LCIA proceedings brought by a Middle Eastern company in a claim for in excess of US$75 million involving allegations of fraud arising out of the operation of a tolling agreement in the metals and mining sector.

  • Acting for two foreign domiciled HNWIs in successfully challenging the jurisdiction of the English court in relation to two sets of Commercial Court claims for in excess of US$100 million brought against them by companies within a well-known international mining and metals group ultimately owned and controlled by Kazakh oligarchs.

Banking, Financial Services & Contentious Restructuring

  • Acting for thousands of retail investors in the LF Woodford Equity Income Fund in claims against Hargreaves Lansdown valued up to £1 billion following the Fund's high-profile collapse in June 2019.

  • Acting for a prominent group of well-known high street retailers in claims against Visa and MasterCard valued in excess of £100 million concerning the unlawful fixing of multi-lateral interchange fees currently proceeding in the Competition Appeal Tribunal.

  • Acting for a proprietary trading firm based in the UAE in relation to claims that it conspired with the outgoing sellers of a multi-national brokerage artificially to inflate revenue so as to trigger a final earn-out payment in excess of US $40 million.

  • Acting for an independent equities and derivatives trader based in Dubai in his successful defence of substantial US proceedings commenced by the Securities Exchange Commission concerning allegations of insider trading relating to the purchase and sale of Fortress Investment Group LLC securities which are traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

  • Advising a pan-European investment group as litigation counsel in relation to various strategic acquisitions, associated corporate restructurings, claims and associated insolvency matters.

 

Qualifications

Partner, W, A, Commercial Litigation, Restructuring Insolvency, GDPR, Banking & Financial LitWilliam Burtonw