LLB, BA
Dispute Resolution & Litigation, Royal Commissions & Commissions of Inquiry, Regulatory
Alex is a partner in our Dispute Resolution & Litigation Group with more than 15 years’ experience practising as a senior lawyer. Alex specialises in commercial dispute resolution, regulatory investigations and Royal Commissions.
With particular expertise in Royal Commissions, from 2018 – 2020 Alex acted as a lead partner of the Solicitors Assisting team of the Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants (Lawyer ‘X’ Royal Commission). In 2021 Alex again acted as a lead partner of the legal team acting for the State of Victoria of the Royal Commission into the Casino Operator and Licence (Crown Casino Royal Commission). Alex also has extensive experience in ASIC and other regulatory investigations.
Alex has substantial general commercial litigation experience in both Victorian and Federal jurisdictions and acts for a variety of clients, from large corporations, to SMEs and privately held family businesses and trusts. In any dispute, Alex works closely with her clients to quickly establish their needs and broader commercial objectives so that results can be secured in the quickest and most effective manner possible, including through Court based litigation or by alternative dispute resolution such as mediation and expert determination.
Alex is an accredited advisor with Family Business Australia and regularly works with family businesses, trusts, high net worth individuals and private clients in a range of disputes including minority shareholder claims, breach of trust and wills and estates claims.
Alex is a highly proficient litigator and has been recognised by her peers as a Leading Victorian Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Lawyer in Doyle's Guide 2018 and 2021. In 2020, Alex was a finalist in the Lawyers Weekly Partner of the Year Awards and was named Partner of the Year – Big Law, at the Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards. Alex has also been recognised in Australasian Lawyer’s list of Elite Women for 2021.
Outside Holding Redlich, Alex is a non-executive Director of the Board of the Mercy Health Foundation, a voluntary role she has held since 2019.
Alex’s areas of expertise include:
Alex co-authored the 2021 Lexology Complex Commercial Litigation guide Commercial litigation proceedings in Australia.
Alex’s experience includes:
Acting for the State of Victoria, Department of Justice and Community Safety
Acted as Solicitors Assisting the Royal Commission
Acted for a provider in respect of a Notice to Produce
Acted for Directors of the Lessee in relation to a disclaimer of lease by a liquidator
Acted for the director of a family business in relation to specific performance of a contract dispute
Acted for a shareholder in an application for access to books and records of the company under the Corporations Act
Acted for the Executor Defendants in a will dispute
Acted for superannuation trustee, CBUS
Acted for individuals employed by AWB as lawyers
Non-executive Director of the Board of the Mercy Health Foundation
