Alex Haines
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 1 : Sanctions
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About
Provided by Alex Haines
Practice Areas
Alex is called to both the English and Irish Bars, and is a US-qualified attorney admitted to the Bars of New York and Washington DC. His practice focuses on business crime (including global investigations and the debarment frameworks of Multilateral Development Banks), sanctions and export control, international regulatory and disciplinary proceedings, international administrative law, international arbitration (e.g., ICSID) and ADR.
Alex litigates before international courts and tribunals in Washington DC, New York City, London, and other IO headquarters including Geneva, Vienna, Jeddah and Addis Ababa. He is one of few practitioners who have been instructed in LCIA arbitrations and mediations against IOs. Alex has been successful before several International Administrative Tribunals including those of the World Bank, OAS, Islamic Development Bank, United Nations, EBRD and Asian Development Bank.
He is regularly instructed on cross-border issues involving economic sanctions. He acted for the British Government on the sale of Chelsea FC, and was lead counsel in the first ever s.38 SAMLA challenge to a UK sanctions designation in the Administrative Court (Synesis).
Alex is a Sanctions Officer at the Caribbean Development. He is Co-Chair of the New York State Bar Association International Section London Chapter. He is appointed to the Attorney General’s B Panel.
Publications
MDBs & Debarment systems in Lissack & Horlick on Bribery and Corruption (3rd ed)
UK, UN & EU sanctions in Smith, Owen and Bodnar on Asset Recovery (Criminal Confiscation and Civil Recovery)
White-Collar Criminal Prosecutions in the US and UK – A Comparative Treatise for Practitioners
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Alex Haines of Outer Temple Chambers has an enviable docket of sanctions-related mandates. He regularly acts for clients in appeals against listings, as well as on compliance matters and export controls. He earns plaudits for his specialist knowledge of international organisations, notably financial institutions. He receives instructions from the UK government as a B panellist. Additionally, he is admitted to the Irish and District of Columbia Bars.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Alex is an extremely robust advocate with a firm knowledge of the subject matter and a respectful yet zealous work ethic. He's absolutely top notch."
"Alex is a star in the sky, a guiding light in the complex and dark world of sanctions."
"Alex is a promising example of the next generation of sanctions barristers."
"He drafts powerfully and is of the most experienced advocates out there."
"Alex is a silk of tomorrow. He has built a great practice for himself in what is quite a newly emerging area of the law. He is a real asset to his chambers."
"Alex is an extremely robust advocate with a firm knowledge of the subject matter and a respectful yet zealous work ethic. He's absolutely top notch."
"Alex is a star in the sky, a guiding light in the complex and dark world of sanctions."
"Alex is a promising example of the next generation of sanctions barristers."
"He drafts powerfully and is of the most experienced advocates out there."
"Alex is a silk of tomorrow. He has built a great practice for himself in what is quite a newly emerging area of the law. He is a real asset to his chambers."
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