Alexander was the winner of the Law Society of Scotland Rising Star Award at the Scottish Law Awards 2014.
Alexander is a corporate lawyer with experience advising on mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt finance including SEIS, EIS, bond issues and IPOs. Alexander has assisted with advice on substantial investment into renewable energy companies and syndicated investment into early stage technology companies. Alexander provides advice from start-up, through investment and admission to capital markets, having assisted on a number of ISDX and AIM admissions and private placings.
Alexander has provided corporate support on a number of property deals when needed and has experience reviewing Patent Box arrangements as well as the impact of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) on Collective Investment Scheme structures.
Alexander also has experience in the financial services sector having spent time as a regulatory compliance manager at a well established asset manager where he was on the project team for Key Investor Information Documents. He also provided regular updates across teams on various regulatory matters, their commercial impact and FCA enforcement.
Alexander is the founder of and driving force behind Connections, the networking group for professional advisers and entrepreneurs operating in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Alexander is a keen rock climber, musician and traveller. If he’s not at his desk, he can be found scaling a wall or crag somewhere nearby or standing in front of an amplifier.
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Qualifications:
LLB (Hons)
Diploma in Professional Legal Practice -
Practice Areas:
Venture Capital & Angel Investment
Mergers & Acquisitions
Crowd Funding
Restructuring & Insolvency