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About
Provided by Alex Wilson
Practice Areas
Partner Alex Wilson is a highly experienced media lawyer and litigator, dealing with a broad spectrum of media and communications claims and issues.
Alex is an expert in defamation, misuse of private information, breach of confidence, data protection and similar actions. He has a vast range of experience and acts for a wide variety of media organisations and individuals including newspapers, publishers, streamers, broadcasters, magazines, online media companies and media insurers.
Alex has represented clients in cases before the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. He has experience taking cases to trial as well as disposing of them at an earlier stage, by way of interim applications or by negotiating favourable settlements. He also provides pre-publication advice to clients and is regularly instructed to respond to pre-publication legal threats (including injunctions).
Professional Memberships
Secretary to the Media Lawyers Association.
Chambers Review
UK
Alex Wilson has a busy publishing practice which sees him acting for a range of national newspapers, book publishers and social media platforms. He is experienced in pre-publication work as well as defamation and privacy matters.
Alex Wilson has an impressive defamation practice which includes handling contentious matters and giving pre-publication advice. His clients include leading news media organisations, individual journalists and individuals defending libel claims.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Alex is exceptionally good. He is very savvy, knows the industry backwards and works extremely hard."
"Alex is about as good as you can get as a media lawyer."
"Alex has keen intelligence, can head off problems and is able to explain legal issues in clear and simple terms. He is also strong at managing complex conversations with the other side."
"Alex is extraordinarily capable and experienced for someone so young. We’re incredibly lucky to have him as our lawyer."
"Alex is great to work with – pragmatic and super-responsive, with the ability to calm a situation and cut through quickly and clearly to the things that actually matter."
"Alex is courteous, empathetic and super-talented."
"Alex is extremely hands-on, enthusiastic and has good strategic vision."
"Alex is exceptionally good. He is very savvy, knows the industry backwards and works extremely hard."
"Alex is about as good as you can get as a media lawyer."
"Alex has keen intelligence, can head off problems and is able to explain legal issues in clear and simple terms. He is also strong at managing complex conversations with the other side."
"Alex is extraordinarily capable and experienced for someone so young. We’re incredibly lucky to have him as our lawyer."
"Alex is great to work with – pragmatic and super-responsive, with the ability to calm a situation and cut through quickly and clearly to the things that actually matter."
"Alex is courteous, empathetic and super-talented."
"Alex is extremely hands-on, enthusiastic and has good strategic vision."
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