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Rose Alexander

Consultant Solicitor

England & Wales

020 3319 3700

rose.alexander@keystonelaw.co.uk

Rose has over 30 years’ experience in defamation and media law. She advises publishers, editors, broadcasters, and individuals on a wide range of issues, including defamation, privacy, breach of confidence, and copyright.

Her work includes managing complex reputational risks and providing strategic pre-publication and post-publication advice. She has experience in resolving disputes efficiently, whether through negotiation, mediation, or litigation for organisations and individuals.

Rose now specialises in pre-publication advice for book publishers. Her clients include major publishing houses as well as smaller independent publishers.

Expertise

Rose advises authors and publishers on a broad range of publishing content issues, including defamation, privacy, and copyright. Her work spans both traditional and digital publishing, with particular expertise in high-profile and sensitive subject matter.

Experience

  • Advises on publishing and media issues relating to books and projects involving leading public figures.
  • Advises a leading publisher on the release of various autobiographies by internationally known musicians and prominent media figures.
  • Reviewed and cleared manuscripts and advised on pre-publication strategy for biographies of political and business figures.
  • Advises writers and publishers on managing the legal risks that arise when real events or individuals are depicted in fictionalised form and in auto-fiction titles.
  • Provided legal clearance for a semi-autobiographical novel involving real-life individuals where consent from estranged family members was a major concern.
  • Reviewed and cleared a semi-autobiographical novel for defamation and privacy risks.

Please note: The experience list above may include examples of work completed prior to joining Keystone Law.

Recognition

Recognised by The Legal 500 for Reputation Management 2024–2025

Recognised by The Legal 500 for Media and Entertainment 2023

“Rose Alexander is great at providing pre-publication advice.”

The Legal 500 2024

Rose qualified as a solicitor in 1997. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2007, she worked at the following firms:

  • H2O Law
  • Olswang (CMS Nabarro Olswang LLP
  • David Price KC (David Price Solicitors)