Overview
Alex is part of the firm’s financial sponsors practice and is based in London. He advises private equity houses and other financial sponsors on public and private M&A, joint ventures and portfolio company matters, with a focus on sponsor backed P2Ps. He has experience across several asset classes, including infrastructure, green energy and real estate.
Alex regularly works on complex cross-border transactions and has spent time on secondment in the Singapore office.
Experience
Alex's experience includes advising:
- Macquarie Asset Management and BCI on their £700m recommended cash offer for Renewi plc
- DigitalBridge on its acquisition of Yondr Group
- Ara Partners on various matters, including its investment in CFP Energy, a provider of net-zero solutions and sustainable energy supply in the UK and Europe
- TDR Capital on various matters including the £1.9bn recommended cash acquisition of BCA Marketplace plc and the $5bn sale of Modulaire to Brookfield Business Partners and Constellation Automotive, a TDR portfolio company, on its £325m recommended cash acquisition of Marshall Motor Holdings plc
- TDR Capital and I Squared Capital on their joint EUR 1.26bn competing offer for Applus Services S.A.
- Ardian Infrastructure on its $575m acquisition of Verne Global
- GIC and Greystar on the acquisition of Student Roost, the UK’s third largest purpose-built student accommodation provider
- Modulaire and Brookfield on the acquisition of Mobile Mini UK
- Nestlé S.A. on various matters including the CHF10bn disposal of Galderma to a consortium led by EQT, and in relation to Nestlé’s interests in Froneri and IVC Evidensia
- Carlyle on its £950m cash offers for Vectura Group plc
- Remgro Limited on its recommended £3.7bn joint cash offer alongside SAS Shipping Agencies Services S.à r.l. for Mediclinic International plc
- G4S plc on its recommended £3.8bn cash offer by Allied Universal and its defence against the hostile £3.68bn cash offer by Garda World Security Corporation
- Draken International (a Blackstone portfolio company) on its acquisition of Cobham’s UK Aviation Services business
- Green Investment Group (part of Macquarie) on its sale of interests in four UK energy from waste facilities to EQT
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