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
Tax Law in Times of Crisis (ed), 2023)
Co-editor(s):
Alexis Brassey (Anthology Editor) and Peter Harris (Anthology Editor)
Publisher:
ISBN 13:
9781509958030
Greed (ed), 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
"Politicians should put up collateral if they want to buy votes" The Lawyer
Citation:
The Lawyer
DOI:
ISSN 0953-7902, 11/2011
"Legal education's oversupply is unethical" The Lawyer, ISSN 0953-7902, 04/2011
Citation:
The Lawyer, ISSN 0953-7902, 04/2011
"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
"Ethics, Capitalism and the Managerial Aristocracy" Vol 4 No.3
Citation:
Vol 4 No.3
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
"From Bretton Woods to Tiger Woods" in Stephen Barber (ed(s)), The Geo-politics of the City, 2007)
Publisher:
"Ethics in the City" in Stephen Barber (ed(s)), The City in Europe and the World, 2006)
Publisher:
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