McDermott Will & Schulte

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Alex has been involved in some of the leading restructuring and sovereign debt mandates of the last three decades, including acting for Lehman Brothers Inc, Westinghouse, the bondholders in Ukraine’s and Argentina’s sovereign debt restructures, and using the first Irish creditor scheme of arrangement to resolve a monoline exposure.

Prior to joining the firm, Alex spent time guest lecturing post-graduates on University College London (UCL)’s LLM on corporate insolvency, sharing his wealth of knowledge and experience with the next generation of legal professionals. He continues to teach postgraduates at UCL. Alex has also been appointed by the Ministry of Justice as a solicitor member of the Insolvency Rules Committee, established under the Insolvency Act 1986 to review proposed secondary legislation.

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• UCL Faculty of Laws, Honorary Professor of Practice • Insolvency Rules Committee, solicitor member • R3, Fellow • INSOL, member • Insolvency Lawyers Association, member