Alan Steinfeld is a specialist commercial Chancery barrister with an emphasis on business litigation, professional disputes and asset tracing proceedings in the UK and internationally. He regularly appears as counsel in the House of Lords and Privy Council.

He is regularly listed as a "Star of the Bar" by the legal directories because of his recognised expertise in a number of specialist areas (shown below).   This year's directories referred to his "exceptionally good legal mind" as well as being "extremely articulate and a real pleasure to deal with" and "a great fighter in court", all of which make him "a general all-round mega silk".  Chambers & Prs comments: "Alan Steinfeld QC's wide-ranging and uniformly admired practice makes him one of the leading figures at the Bar."

Alan often appears as counsel in the House of Lords and Privy Council as well as in the Supreme Court in England and Wales. He regularly advises and appears in jurisdictions such as The Cayman Islands, The British Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Bermuda, the Isle of Man and Hong Kong.

Alan acts as counsel and arbitrator and has extensive experience in domestic and International arbitration disputes.

Recommendations:
Legal 500 recommends the "extremely able, extremely forensic...very sharp and sensible" Alan for commercial litigation, company and partnership, insolvency, pensions, private client and professional negligence. The current Chambers & Prs gives him "Star of the Bar" status for his recommendations in 9 categories: namely commercial Chancery, traditional Chancery, commercial litigation, company, fraud, insolvency, partnership, pensions and professional negligence.  

Academic history:
Downing College, Cambridge (BA Hons LLB)
Consultant Editor of Palmers Company Law Manual
Contributor to LLP's Professional Negligence and Liability
Editor of Blackstone's Guide to the Companies Act 2006 (OUP)

Appointments:
1994: Deputy High Court Judge (Chancery and Queens Bench Division)
1996: Bencher of Lincoln's Inn
1997: Bar Council
 
Professional memberships:
Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists
Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
Chancery Bar Association
Commercial Bar Association
European Circuit of the Bar of England and Wales
Hong Kong Bar Association
Insolvency Lawyers Association