Alexander graduated from the International Law Faculty of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. He started his practical activity in 2003 and has been specializing in the field of arbitration, energy law and private international law.

He is included in the recommended lists of arbitrators of the Arbitration Centre at the RSPP, the Arbitration Centre at the Autonomous non - commercial organization «National Institute for the Development of Arbitration in the Fuel and Energy Complex» (Russia), the Beijing Arbitration Commission/Beijing International Arbitration Center (BAC/BIAC) (China), the Harbin Arbitration Commission (China) and the Arbitration Center at the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic Kazakhstan «Atameken».

He acted as the sole arbitrator or as the arbitration panel member when solving over 200 commercial disputes, including arbitral proceedings according to the rules of international commercial arbitration.

Over the period of 2013-2015 he was a member of the working groups of the Russian Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of the Economic Development and State Duma of the Russian Federation, formed for preparation of the federal law project «On Arbitration (arbitration proceedings) in the Russian Federation».

Alexander has been lecturing at the Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL) (since 2013 to 2016 – at the department of energy law, since 2017 to 2024 – at the department of private international law).

Alexander has been a member of the editorial group of the Journal «Arbitration Court» and a member of the editorial board of the Magazine «Energy and law».

Alexander is a member of the Scientific advisory board of the Arbitrazh сourt of Moscow District, the Russian Arbitration Association (RAA), the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb), the ICC Russia Commission on International Arbitration, the Supervisory board of Association «Russian Anti-Doping Agency RUSADA and the Association of Lawyers of the Russian Federation.