Alejandra Llorente Tascon is a sought-after jury advocate with experience in complex and sensitive cases, both defending and prosecuting.
She is listed in The Legal 500 as a Leading Junior (Tier 4) and has established a reputation as a determined and highly capable barrister.
Alejandra is regularly instructed as sole counsel and leading junior in large, complex and sensitive cases, and has represented clients across a wide range of serious criminal matters in the Crown Court and the Court of Appeal.
She is also experienced in public inquiries, having been instructed by a core participant in the COVID-19 Inquiry as junior counsel.
Alejandra is one of the authors of The Civil Court Practice Green Book, published by Lexis Nexis, and an author on the Anti-money Laundering and Financial Services Training course provided by ABC LLP.
She is also an experienced Military Court advocate, appearing before the Courts Martial on a regular basis. Alejandra has represented a range of military personnel from high-ranking officers to training soldiers in cases involving serious sexual offences, fraud and serious violence both in the UK and abroad.
Alejandra’s cases include murder and attempted murder, rape and attempted rape, historic sexual offences, kidnap, serious violence, firearms, gang related tit-for-tat shootings and stabbings and county-lines drugs cases involving EncroChat devices. She is also instructed in complex financial crime, dishonesty offences and POCA.
Alejandra has experience in cross-examining experts and dealing with young or vulnerable witnesses and defendants. She is meticulous with her case preparation and this, in combination with her thoughtful and authoritative questioning, ensures that she represents her clients with mastery of the law and the facts.
