Alex focuses predominantly on resolving commercial and competition disputes.
Expertise
Alex offers experience in a range of matters including financial disputes and commercial litigation, as well as expertise in climate change-related governance and legal issues.
Alex joined Hausfeld in July 2023, after working as a lawyer at the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative, an NGO specialising in research and education on existing corporate and financial laws and how they pertain to climate risk. Before that, he was an Associate in the Dispute Resolution team at Slaughter and May, including a secondment as a judicial assistant at the High Court and Court of Appeal.
Clients
Alex has worked with a wide range of UK and international corporates, as well as with a number of civil society entities.
LLB (Hon) Law Degree, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Legal Practice Course (accelerated) with LL.M, the University of Law London
Graduate Diploma in Law, the University of Law London
Solicitor, England and Wales, 2019
Solicitor, Ireland, 2019
Alex has presented to audiences on climate change and existing corporate and financial laws, including to the Institutes of Directors of the UK, Malaysia and the Philippines.
Recent publications Alex has co-authored include:
Legal 500 UK
Alex Cooper has been recognised as a key lawyer, 'Alex Cooper was outstanding. I am a qualified solicitor myself, then working inhouse and used Alex as external counsel on a tricky and contentious matter, and they were the ideal choice.’ - Commercial Litigation: Premium, 2025
Pro Bono Recognition List
In 2024, Alex was recognised as part of the newly launched Pro Bono Recognition List, published annually, which celebrates solicitors and barristers who have dedicated 25 or more hours of pro bono legal assistance in the previous calendar year. The list is under the patronage of The Lady Chief Justice of England & Wales and is supported by The Law Society, Bar Council and all major pro bono legal organisations.
At Hausfeld, Alex is part of the legal team:
• Representing Foundem in an abuse of dominance claim against Google linked to the EC's infringement finding in relation to Google Shopping
At Hausfeld, Alex is acting for:
Prior to joining Hausfeld, Alex was part of the legal teams:
Prior to joining Hausfeld, Alex:
At Hausfeld, Alex is part of the legal teams:
Acting for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fair Business Banking in its application to challenge the lawfulness of the decision of the FCA not to establish a mechanism of redress following the exclusion of bank customers from the FCA’s IRHP redress scheme. Permission was won in June 2023 (reported at [2023] EWHC 1616) and the upcoming trial is one of The Lawyer’s ‘Top 20 Cases’ of 2024.
Alex Cooper was outstanding. I am a qualified solicitor myself, then working inhouse and used Alex as external counsel on a tricky and contentious matter, and they were the ideal choice.
