Alexander Vial

Alexander maintains a national practice in complex commercial and regulatory matters. He is recognised by Legal500 as a Leading Junior (Band 1) for competition law (2024, 2025), as a Leading Junior (Band 1) for white collar and regulatory matters (2024 Rising Star, 2025), and a Leading Junior (Band 3) for commercial disputes. He is also recognised as “One to Watch in Australia” for competition law (2025, 2026) and commercial law (2026) by Best Lawyers. Alexander specialises in commercial and regulatory litigation that covers all areas of competition and consumer law, trade practices including franchising, class actions, insolvency, intellectual property, and employment law. Alexander regularly advises on and appears in regulatory investigations and enforcement matters, as has appeared in Royal Commissions and inquiries. Before being called to the Bar, Alexander was a Senior Associate at Clayton Utz in Sydney where he specialised in competition law, consumer law, regulatory investigations and litigation. Earlier in his career, Alexander served as the Associate to the Honourable Chief Justice Doyle AC of the Supreme Court of South Australia and, after his Honour’s retirement, the Associate to the Honourable Chief Justice Kourakis. Alexander’s education includes a Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) with First Class Honours from the University of Adelaide. Alexander is a founding author of Zuckerman on Australian Civil Procedure, a leading text on Australian civil procedure that is now in its second edition. · 5 Wentworth Chambers

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Alexander maintains a national practice in complex commercial and regulatory matters, specialising in competition and consumer law, trade practices (including franchising), class actions, insolvency, intellectual property and employment law. He is recognised by Legal 500 as a Leading Junior (Band 1) for competition law and white collar/regulatory matters and by Best Lawyers as "One to Watch" for competition and commercial law; before being called to the Bar he was a Senior Associate at Clayton Utz and earlier served as Associate to Chief Justices Doyle AC and Kourakis.

Practice areas

CompetitionConsumer ProtectionRegulatoryCommercial LitigationClass ActionsInsolvencyIntellectual PropertyEmployment

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Australia

5 Wentworth Chambers · Alexander maintains a national practice in complex commercial and regulatory matters. He is recognised by Legal500 as a Leading Junior (Band 1) for competition law (2024, 2025), as a Leading Junior (Band 1) for white collar and regulatory matters (2024 Rising Star, 2025), and a Leading Junior (Band 3) for commercial disputes. He is also recognised as “One to Watch in Australia” for competition law (2025, 2026) and commercial law (2026) by Best Lawyers. Alexander specialises in commercial and regulatory litigation that covers all areas of competition and consumer law, trade practices including franchising, class actions, insolvency, intellectual property, and employment law. Alexander regularly advises on and appears in regulatory investigations and enforcement matters, as has appeared in Royal Commissions and inquiries. Before being called to the Bar, Alexander was a Senior Associate at Clayton Utz in Sydney where he specialised in competition law, consumer law, regulatory investigations and litigation. Earlier in his career, Alexander served as the Associate to the Honourable Chief Justice Doyle AC of the Supreme Court of South Australia and, after his Honour’s retirement, the Associate to the Honourable Chief Justice Kourakis. Alexander’s education includes a Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) with First Class Honours from the University of Adelaide. Alexander is a founding author of Zuckerman on Australian Civil Procedure, a leading text on Australian civil procedure that is now in its second edition.

Australia

Expertise

Competition lawRegulatory investigations & enforcementWhite collar/regulatory mattersClass actionsFranchisingCommercial litigationInsolvencyRoyal Commissions and public inquiries

Education

Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL), University of Oxford
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (First Class Honours), University of Adelaide

Admissions

Called to the Bar (Australia)