Alexander Rose
Alexander Rose is a highly sought after expert in matters involving public sector funding.
At DWF, Alexander has a wide-ranging practice, regularly advising large public authorities and blue chip businesses on how to safely use public funding to achieve their objectives. This includes providing specialist legal advice in respect of delivering large and complex capital projects, such as gigafactories and spaceports, as well as defending projects from challenge.
Before joining DWF, Alexander was a Senior Solicitor at the Government Legal Department, providing advice to Ministers and officials at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on high profile initiatives and writing national guidance. In 2014, he was chosen by the Cabinet Office to be seconded to the European Commission, working in Brussels on EU State aid regulations such as the GBER.
Alexander has built an international reputation for providing high quality legal training. This includes providing Subsidy Control training to in-house lawyers, Monitoring Officers and other officials involved in the delivery of public funds within the UK and providing EU State aid law training in Denmark, Italy, Germany, Belgium and Lithuania.
Alexander's views on developments in the law have been published in the Financial Times, the Economist and Le Monde. He has also appeared, alongside his DWF colleague Jonathan Branton, as an expert witness to the Select Committee considering the Subsidy Control Bill.