Alex Evans Senior Associate

Senior Associate

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Alex acts on a broad range of complex domestic and international litigation and arbitration matters, with a specialisation in competition disputes.

Alex acts on a range of contentious matters, and has advised on High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court trials, Competition Appeal Tribunal claims, arbitrations, mediations and international litigation.

Alex has a particular focus on contentious competition and antitrust matters, but also has a general commercial practice and provides day-to-day advice on a range of contentious issues including general contractual disputes, injunctive relief, fraud, professional negligence, intellectual property, defamation, enforcement of foreign judgments, winding up proceedings and debt recovery.

Alex is a member of the Competition Law Association, the Junior London Solicitor Litigation Association, the Intellectual Property Lawyers Association and the Society for Junior IP Practitioners.

Expertise

Recent work

Global financial institution

Representing a global financial institution in defending very significant private and class actions in the High Court and Competition Appeal Tribunal arising out of alleged FX manipulation.

Major global producer of bearings

Advising a leading global producer of bearings products in its defence of various competition damages claims in the Competition Appeal Tribunal and High Court.

Global software company

Representing a global software company seeking to enforce a portion of a substantial US judgment in a long-running transatlantic dispute which includes judgments given by the English Court of Appeal, European Court of Justice and US Court of Appeals.

Major retailer

Representing a Dutch company in relation to litigation in the Court of Appeal against a US company concerning a contractual dispute involving US import regulations.

Major global pharmaceuticals company

Representing a global pharmaceuticals company in defending competition damages claims in the High Court.

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In depth

Supreme Court breathes life into UK class action regime: Macfarlanes analysis

Simon Day , Emma Radcliffe, Alex Evans , Michael Freedman 15 Jul 2021

In a highly anticipated judgment in December 2020, the Supreme Court confirmed that the test which parties need to satisfy in order to bring competition class actions in the UK is...