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Alex Hiendl

Global Head of Practice Development – Arbitration

London

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Alex Hiendl

Global Head of Practice Development – Arbitration

London

As Global Head of Practice Development, Alex is a senior member of Allen & Overy’s Arbitration Group, responsible for strategy, business planning and innovation, and LegalTech for the Group. He is a Member of Thomson Reuters Practical Law Consultation Board: Arbitration, and holds a professional support lawyer role within Allen & Overy also.

Having trained with Allen & Overy, Alex qualified into the Arbitration team in London, where he practised both investment treaty and commercial arbitration, representing States, corporates and financial institutions in cases across a range of sectors, including energy, mining, telecommunications and life sciences. He is also an experienced competition and regulatory lawyer, having practised as a Référendaire at the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal, working on complex appeals in the anti-trust, merger and telecommunications regulatory space.

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Publications: 08 May 2018

Creeping expropriation of investment by foreign state

In the first known English court ruling to set aside an investment treaty arbitration award, the court ruled that an investor seeking redress for allegedly wrongful acts by a foreign State, which it…

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Blog Post: 05 June 2017

Renegotiation clause in long-term contract - what if parties cannot agree?

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Publications: 26 July 2016

Restructuring business to take advantage of investment treaty – a cautionary tale

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Office

London

One Bishops Square
London
E1 6AD

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Qualifications

Academic

LLB, Law with German Law, King's College London, 2006

LPC, Legal Practice, The College Of Law, London, 2007

Postgraduate, King's College London, 2013