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Kirkland & Ellis International LLP Offices
30 ST MARY AXE
LONDON
EC3A 8AF
England
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Alexander Cox
Work Department
Tax
Position
Alexander Cox is a partner in Kirkland & Ellis’ London office. His practice focuses on the structuring of investment funds, including advising in relation to management company tax issues and carried interest. He also has significant experience advising on real estate tax matters covering both the establishment of real estate funds and the M&A transactions they undertake.
Career
2022 to present Kirkland & Ellis International LLP; 1997-2022 Ashurst LLP
Education
Oxford Institute of Legal Practice (Legal Practice Course 1997); Oxford Brookes University (Graduate Diploma in Law 1996); Jesus College, University of Cambridge (M.A. (Cantab.), Classics 1994)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
(Leading individuals)Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
fields a team with a record of handling a broad range of challenging tax issues and transactions, including M&A, reorganisations, and contentious matters. Mavnick Nerwal specialises in public and private M&A transactions, while Ian Ferreira handles private and real estate fund structuring, and Frixos Hatjantonas covers a range of transactions and disputes. Alexander Cox, who joined from Ashurst in September 2022, has significant experience in tax aspects of investment and real estate funds. James Morgan has now joined from Linklaters LLP.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate tax London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Finance > High yield
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium