Al has particular experience acting as counsel in disputes involving allegations of fraud, regulatory breaches and other compliance issues. Al draws on his extensive experience in advising clients on multi-jurisdictional risk management and conducting investigations into allegations of bribery and corruption, anti-trust issues, sanctions breaches, money laundering, fraud, human rights violations, corporate governance issues and other forms of wrongdoing.

Al offers strategic guidance to clients in responding to crisis situations and board-room legal and compliance risks. Al is trained in both common and civil law disciplines, with legal qualifications from Oxford University, the University of London and the University of Paris.

Having lived and worked as a lawyer in London, Paris, Zurich, The Hague, Moscow and São Paulo, Al understands distinct legal approaches and cultural sensitivities. Al is well versed in different client perspectives having undertaken secondments to the litigation and investigations team of an international bank; the legal and compliance team of a major commodity trading and mining company; and the litigation team of an NGO. Al has also briefed several UK government departments on international arbitration and investment protections.

Alongside his client work, Al is Co-Chair of the Implementation Task Force for the Campaign for Greener Arbitration, an industry initiative to reduce the environmental impact of international arbitrations. Al is also a Co-Convenor for the EMEA chapter of Delos's advanced oral advocacy training programme in international arbitration.

Al maintains a busy international and domestic pro bono practice, with a particular interest in law reform, the rule of law and strategic litigation in the international courts. Al has recently been heavily involved in the preparation of a playbook for an African State on international law issues arising in post-conflict peace negotiations, as well as spearheading interventions in the European Court of Human Rights. Al currently sits on the Boards of two of the best known and respected legal charities in the UK. Before entering private practice, Al worked for a number of law reform organisations and for the Associated Defence Counsel at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.