Twenty Essex
Alexander Yean is a barrister at Twenty Essex since September 2022, following a role as a non-stipendiary lecturer in Roman law at the University of Oxford from October 2021 to April 2023. Alexander gained experience as a graduate research assistant at the NUS Centre for International Law in July 2021, working under Dr. Romesh Weeramantry in the Investor-State Dispute Settlement team. Prior to these roles, Alexander completed several vacation schemes at prominent law firms including Debevoise & Plimpton, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, and Sidley Austin, as well as an off-cycle internship at Linklaters. Judicial experience was obtained as a judicial marshall at the Hong Kong Court of Appeal, where observation of various justices took place. Alexander holds a PGDip in Bar Vocational Studies from City, University of London, and a BA in Jurisprudence from the University of Oxford.
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Twenty Essex
A leading commercial set of chambers, the barristers of Twenty Essex offer outstanding legal minds combined with a modern and commercial disputes experience. Our clients include major global companies, institutions, governments and their advisors from around the world and our barristers advise and appear as advocates in court or arbitration in relation to a broad range of company and commercial, EU, competition, and public international law disputes. Practices involve the preparation and conduct of litigation before a wide range of courts and tribunals, in the UK, in foreign jurisdictions as well as on the international stage. The vast majority of the work is international in nature and we have well-established links to many overseas markets, including through our Asian hub in Singapore servicing clients throughout Asia Pacific and beyond. The set is also home to a number of highly respected domestic and international arbitrators and mediators, some of whom were previously judges either in the UK or overseas.