Alex Hall

Alex Hall joined City St George's, University of London, as General Counsel and Director of Governance and Legal Services in April 2025.

Prior to that, he worked for the University of Hertfordshire for ten years, latterly as Director of Legal and Compliance Services and University Solicitor.

Before working in Higher Education, Alex was a commercial litigator in the City of London and acted in a series of high-profile claims in the High Courts in London, for a wide variety of clients, including hedge fund managers, London restaurants, Russian oligarchs, and the Libyan sovereign wealth fund. Alex read history at Balliol College, Oxford, and holds postgraduate legal diplomas from Oxford and Oxford Brookes Universities. He is also a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Alex was elected Chair of the Association of University Legal Practitioners (AULP) in December 2021, and has previously been legal adviser to University Alliance. He has extensive governance experience, including as an award-winning chair of governors at a local secondary school, as company secretary to various university subsidiary companies, and as a university governor.