anb41@cam.ac.uk
Affiliated Lecturer
PhD in Law (Cantab); PhD in Empirical Psychology (UCL/ IoE); LLM in Corporate Law (UoL); MA in Philosophy (KCL); IMC (IMRO), PGDip LPC (UoL); PGDip Law (Middlesex); PGCE (UCL/ IoE); BSc (Hons), (Manchester); Solicitor (non-practicing); Notary Public (non- practicing)
Interests
Tax Policy, Tax Law, Political Philosophy, Constitutional Law, Subordinated Debt Securities
Research centres and interest groups
CV / Biography
Alexis Brassey is an Affiliated Lecturer at the Cambridge Law Faculty and Visiting Fellow of the Centre for Tax Law. He is also the course convenor for the Tax Law and Policy Seminar paper (offered within the Tripos), as well as researching in tax & constitutional law, and political philosophy.
Previously, Alexis was the Managing Partner of Cavendish Legal Group, after working in senior management at a number of investment banks including BZW, Lehman Brothers, Citibank, Sakura Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. He is currently Executive Director of the Waltham Forest Friendly Society.
Selected publications
Books
Tax, Public Finance, and the Rule of Law (ed), 2025)
Co-editor(s):
Dominic de Cogan and May Hen
Publisher:
ISBN 13:
9781509977802
Published Feb 2025
Tax Law in Times of Crisis (ed), 2023)
Co-editor(s):
Alexis Brassey (Anthology Editor) and Peter Harris (Anthology Editor)
Publisher:
ISBN 13:
9781509958030
Published May 2023
Greed (ed), 2009)
Co-editor(s):
Stephen Barber
Publisher:
ISBN:
0230201482
ISBN 13:
978-0230201484
Published Oct 2009
Articles
"The Village of Billionaires: Fair Taxation and Redistribution Amid Relative and Absolute Poverty" 99 Tax Notes International 97
Citation:
99 Tax Notes International 97
Published: Jul 2020
"Politicians should put up collateral if they want to buy votes" The Lawyer
Citation:
The Lawyer
DOI:
ISSN 0953-7902, 11/2011
Published: Nov 2011
"Legal education's oversupply is unethical" The Lawyer, ISSN 0953-7902, 04/2011
Citation:
The Lawyer, ISSN 0953-7902, 04/2011
Published: Apr 2011
"Does the use of inter-group competition enhance performance in short-term summative testing"" Teaching Business & Economics; Hassocks Vol. 10, Iss. 2, (Summer 2006): 32-34
Citation:
Teaching Business & Economics; Hassocks Vol. 10, Iss. 2, (Summer 2006): 32-34
Published: Aug 2006
"Ethics, Capitalism and the Managerial Aristocracy" Vol 4 No.3
Citation:
Vol 4 No.3
Published: Mar 2003
Book Chapters
"The implications of intergenerational issues on tax policy in a post-Covid world. An examination of age discrimination" in Brassey A (ed(s)), Tax Law in Times of Crisis, 2023)
Publisher:
ISBN 13:
9781509958030
Published May 2023
"From Bretton Woods to Tiger Woods" in Stephen Barber (ed(s)), The Geo-politics of the City, 2007)
Publisher:
Published Sep 2007
"Ethics in the City" in Stephen Barber (ed(s)), The City in Europe and the World, 2006)
Publisher:
Published Jan 2006
Book Reviews
The dreadful monster and its poor relations: taxing, spending and the United Kingdom, 1707-2021 British Tax Review, Issue 5, 2021
Published May 2021
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