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Alex Danchenko is an Associate in the London Litigation & Arbitration team.  He has experience acting on complex cross-border civil disputes and white collar crime cases, involving breach of trust and contract, civil fraud (including obtaining emergency relief), asset tracing, contentious insolvency and consumer law, across a number of different sectors.  Alex also provides advice on sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption and anti-money laundering compliance. 

Alex has keen interest in the interactive entertainment, gaming & esports sector, and group litigation.  He is a UK co-editor of the CMS European Class Actions Report, the firm’s flagship data-driven publication aimed at analysing the growth and developments in group litigation in the UK and Europe. 
 

Relevant experience

  • The claimant, on a multiple billion £ fraud and breach of trust claim in the English Commercial Court.
  • Defence, on successfully setting aside private prosecution summonses in relation to alleged conspiracy to defraud, including the follow-on judicial review and costs proceedings.
  • An automotive company, on resisting a high-value opt-in class action.
  • A US financial services company, on investigating suspected fraud and obtaining emergency Norwich Pharmacal relief.

Publications

  • Danchenko, Muhlfeitova ‘Arbitrator liability in the post pandemic world – should arbitrators be concerned?’, Young Arbitration Review, 45th edition, December – March 2023 

Education

  • 2015 – LLM, International Commercial Law, UCL, London.
  • 2014 – LLB, King’s College London.
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