Alexander Pelling has particular expertise in banking and bank payment cases, in civil frauds and asset-recovery, and in cases involving the breach of fiduciary obligations. He has substantial experience in freezing orders and related disclosure orders against banks and other third parties. His cases often have an international and/or offshore element. He has also acted in a broad range of other commercial disputes.

Alexander Pelling has for over eight years specialised in cases involving financial/capital markets, derivative products and hedge fund disputes.  He has substantial experience of cases that involve financial markets and the structures and relationships relevant to hedge fund disputes.  In a recent case he considered the extent to and basis upon which a fund that has acquired defective investments in relation to which it has a claim should bring into account recoveries made on assets recovered through those investments in circumstances where the fund has been reconstituted in another jurisdiction before the recoveries were realised.

He has considerable experience of cases involving capital markets, including disputes concerning the trading of financial derivatives. In connection with this he has also undertaken a range of work for spread-betting companies, including acting in disputes with brokers and clients, the drafting of terms and conditions and advice in relation to regulatory matters.

His other areas of expertise include insolvency and related property disputes, product liability cases and all kinds of contractual business disputes, particularly those involving the travel or aviation industries.

Recommendations:
Alexander Pelling is recommended as a leading junior in both commercial litigation and licensing by Legal 500/2008 which refers to the fact that he is "Perceptive and responsive - a pleasure to work with".

Academic history:
Dundee University, MA (Hons)
D Phil, St Edmund Hall, Oxford
City University, Dip Law