Mr Alex Wickens > Walkers > St Peter Port, Guernsey > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Alex Wickens
Work Department
Banking & Finance
Position
Alex Wickens is an experienced Banking & Finance lawyer specialising in real estate financing and Islamic financing matters in Walkers’ Guernsey law team.
He is ranked as a Rising Star for Guernsey Banking & Finance work by Legal 500.
Alex has almost a decade’s experience in private practice in Guernsey, and advises clients on complex structuring arrangements on acquisitions and disposals of UK commercial real estate assets, advising on both borrower and lender side.
He also advises on Islamic finance structures in respect of real estate holdings, and on fund financing matters.
Alex also has in-house experience, having undertaken a six-month project with a Guernsey financial services provider.
Career
Prior to joining Walkers in 2021, Alex practised with another offshore law firm in Guernsey. His work included a six-month secondment to a client, supporting its General Counsel function during a remediation exercise.
Alex has been admitted in England & Wales since 2012.
Lawyer Rankings
Guernsey > Banking and finance
(Rising stars)Walkers‘ cross-Channel Island banking and finance practice offers support to lenders and borrowers involved in real estate and asset financing, with a wealth of experience advising on transactions concerning aircraft. Fund financing is a further area of expertise, with practice co-head Zoë Hallam advising lenders on NAV and hybrid facilities. Hallam’s counterpart Kim Paiva is noted for her real estate, acquisition and asset financing practice. Senior counsel Alex Wickens advises on real estate deals, with special expertise in deals which require Islamic finance structures. The arrivals of associates Tiny Musesengwa, from a trust company, and Kgotso Matjila, from Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, in April and August 2022, respectively, has further added to the team’s strengths.