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"Alex is the cleverest practising finance lawyer in the City by some distance. He will find a solution to your hardest problem."
Chambers, Securitisation, 2027
Alex studied law at Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge.
Alex is a cross-border securitisation and structured debt partner, based in London, with over 20 years’ experience of market firsts in the performing and distressed financial asset markets. Alex is experienced in the monetisation of non-standard asset classes and financial assets considered more difficult to securitise or repo.
Alex is the Head of English law for the Linklaters Finance Division (comprising securitisation, derivatives, equity and debt capital markets, banking and leveraged finance, energy and infrastructure, financial regulation and regulatory capital, investment funds and real estate). Alex sits on the City of London Law Society’s Financial Law Committee and on the Financial Markets Law Committee’s Banking Law Scoping Forum.
Alex is the author of The Law and Practice of Securitisation (Sweet & Maxwell), the definitive legal book on English and EU securitisation and structured finance law and regulation (sold in over 20 countries around the world), together with George Gooderham.
Alex was awarded the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Europe 2024 Award for Sustainability and ESG.
Alex spent a year on secondment in the securitisation team of a leading international financial institution in 2006.
Alex teaches international securitisation law at the Sorbonne, Paris.
His credentials include advising:
Alex was the Chair of the governing body of a Hackney (London) primary school in difficulties and led its turnaround programme. During his eight years as governor, Alex and his colleagues saw the school go from the bottom of Hackney’s exam results table to being in the Top 3.
“The Law and Practice of Securitisation”, as co-author with George Gooderham, Sweet & Maxwell, October 2025 (The Law and Practice of Securitisation | Thomson Reuters)
“Progress through simplification: an opportunity to modernise the UK securitisation special purpose entity framework”, The Journal of International Banking and Finance Law, Butterworths, January 2026 (Progress through simplification: an opportunity to modernise the UK securitisation special purpose entity framework | The Journal of International Banking and Financial Law)
“Unlocking the potential: why the EU needs a dedicated securitisation special purpose entity”, The Journal of International Banking and Finance Law, Butterworths, February 2026
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