Alexandra Carlton

Alexandra is an associate in our Dispute Resolution practice based in New York, where she focuses her practice on complex commercial and securities litigation in state and federal courts.  Alexandra’s experience includes representing alternative investment funds, private equity funds, public companies, executives, and directors in a wide range of matters, including disputes involving breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, fraud and securities fraud, and contested director and officer elections and terminations.  Alexandra also has significant experience with handling regulatory inquiries and investigations.

Alexandra also maintains a robust pro bono practice.  Her pro bono experience includes landlord tenant disputes, post-conviction relief efforts, and internal investigations for non-profit organizations.  Alexandra was also part of a team partnered with the Southern Poverty Law Center that filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in Merrill v. Milligan urging the Court to affirm a lower court decision that found a congressional district map deprived Black Alabamians of their right to elect candidates of their choice to Congress.

Before joining Freshfields, Alexandra was an associate at McDermott Will & Schulte LLP, previously Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, where she focused on securities, complex commercial, proxy contest, and trusts and estates litigation, as well as regulatory actions and investigations.  During law school, Alexandra served as a managing editor of The George Washington Law Review and was recognized as a Thurgood Marshall Scholar.