Alexander Muksinov

Alexander is a senior dispute resolution lawyer with experience across domestic and cross-border commercial litigation, insolvency and bankruptcy, international arbitration, with particular expertise in matters related to Former Soviet Union States and  Latin America.

Background and experience

Background and experience

Alexander concentrates his practice on insolvency and complex cross-border corporate, commercial and civil fraud disputes. He has represented clients in litigation matters in the BVI, UK, Former Soviet Union states, Latin America, Middle East and a number of other common and civil law jurisdictions as well as in arbitrations under all major institutional rules.  He advises and takes instructions in English, Spanish or Russian. 

Examples of Alexander's work include:

• Asset recovery. Assisting clients in numerous cases with obtaining urgent interim relief in support of domestic and foreign litigation and arbitration proceedings, including Norwich Pharmacal (disclosure) orders, freezing injunctions and appointment of receivers as well as matters involving cryptocurrencies.
• Enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards. Alexander has a substantial experience of enforcement matters and has acted for major international financial institutions and other parties in a number of high profile cases involving successful recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and international arbitral awards from various jurisdictions.
• Civil fraud. Representing clients in complex high-value multijurisdictional matters involving allegations of fraud and dishonesty, including acting for BTA Bank in a US$250million+ commodities letter of credit fraud perpetrated on the bank and assisting a BVI company with a Privy Council appeal in a claim involving allegations of multimillion loan fraud in Ukraine.
• Restructuring and insolvency. Alexander frequently advises creditors and debtors as well as domestic and foreign office holders on various insolvency procedures and related claims, including fraudulent trading claims, provisional liquidations and court-assisted recognition and assistance to foreign officeholders.
• Private client disputes. Advising HNW and UHNW individuals on cross-border contentious trusts and probate matters as well as disputes concerning division of assets in the context of divorce.

Alexander is a frequent speaker (in Russian, Spanish and English) on topics of international dispute resolution and commercial law at conferences and seminars for legal and business professionals. He has also contributed to a number of publications on international business law topics.

Alexander trained with Simmons & Simmons and qualified as an English solicitor in 2011. He went on to work at White & Case in London and before joining Ogier in January 2017 he was part of Edwin Coe's Dispute Resolution and CIS teams.

Admitted in:
2017 - British Virgin Islands
2011 - England and Wales

Memberships:

• Eurasian Legal Professionals' Forum
• British-Kazakh Law Association
• British Ukrainian Law Association
• Red Juvenil de Arbitraje del Centro de Arbitraje y Conciliación de la Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá
• Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG)