Alex Shattock

Court Judgments

• Acted for a German multinational bank in English High Court insolvency proceedings concerning the priority of statutory interest against the principal of a subordinated debt. In Re Lehman Brothers Holdings plc (in Administration) [2023] EWHC 3056.
• Acted for a corporate services provider to strike out claims made against it in the Commercial Court and the Court of Appeal [2022] EWHC 1019 and [2022] EWCA 1172.
• Acted for a German multinational bank in the English Court of Appeal case In Re LB Holdings Intermediate 2 Limited (In Administration) and In Re Lehman Brothers Holdings plc (in Administration) [2021] EWCA 1523.
• Acted for the claimant banks in a summary judgment application worth €17m. Société Générale and ING Diba AG v. Landmont Limited [2019] EWHC 1660 (Comm).
• Acted for FBN on its summary judgment from the High Court worth more than €160m. FBN Bank (UK) Limited v. Leaf Tobacco A.Michailides [2017] EWHC 3017.

Financial Services Disputes

• Represented a defendant public authority in a $200 million dispute with its investment bank counterparty concerning issues of ultra vires, misrepresentation, and professional negligence.
• Advised a note trustee on its rights and obligations arising out of an alleged event of default and the related settlement of outstanding court proceedings.
• Defended a Big Four bank from multiple interest rate swap mis-selling claims.

Alex Shattock is counsel in Alston & Bird’s Litigation & Trial Practice Group in the London office, with over a decade of experience in financial services and commercial disputes. He has represented a range of clients including financial institutions, payments services institutions, trustees, agents, funds, corporates, life sciences businesses, and public authorities in cross-border, high value, and complex disputes across a wide variety of sectors.

Alex is recognized by Chambers UK 2025 as Up and Coming in Banking and Litigation, The Legal 500 2020 for banking litigation, and The Legal 500 2021 notes him as a “very strong technical lawyer with excellent ability to grip a case.” He is noted as a key team member in The Legal 500 2024.

Bar Admissions

• Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

Education

• BPP Law School (L.P.C., 2007)
• King’s College London (LL.B., 2006)

Memberships