Alex Davies

Counsel

Cayman Islands | T +1 345 814 7375
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Alex Davies is Counsel in the Corporate and the Corporate Recovery & Restructuring departments of the Cayman Islands office. He advises clients across various sectors on a broad range of public and private corporate transactions including cross-border mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity capital markets and corporate recovery and restructuring engagements.

Jurisdiction

Experience

  • Advised the Joint Provisional Liquidators of a Cayman-domiciled purchasing entity as part of the multi-billion dollar Tailored Brands Inc. US Chapter 11 restructuring
  • Advised ALSP Orchid Acquisition Corp on its US$172 million IPO on NASDAQ
  • Advised Financial Acquisitions Corp on its £150 IPO on the LSE
  • Advised Obagi Holding Company Limited on its US$1.2 billion merger with NASDAQ listed Waldencast Acquisition Corp
  • Advised SES Holdings Pte Ltd on its US$3.6 billion merger with NYSE listed Ivanhoe Capital Acquisition Corp
  • Advised Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd in the US$5.7 billion take private of NASDAQ listed 51job, Inc.
  • Advised Chrysaor (now Harbour Energy plc) on its US$5 billion reverse takeover of LSE listed Premier Oil plc
  • Advised Golden Wheel Tiandi Holdings Limited on its US$450 million debt restructuring via Cayman Islands scheme of arrangement
  • Advised the underwriters to the US$710 million IPO of dLocal Limited on NASDAQ
  • Advised the underwriters to the US$692 million IPO of Diversey Holdings, Ltd on NASDAQ
  • Advised Stonegate Pub Company in connection with its Rule 144A / Reg S offering of an aggregate amount of US$1.57 billion senior secured fixed rate notes

Qualifications

Education

  • Bachelor of Laws, University of Notre Dame
  • Securities & Managed Investments, Deakin University
  • Applied Finance & Investment, KAPLAN

Bar Admissions

  • Cayman Islands, Attorney-at-law, 2020
  • Barrister and Solicitor, Supreme Court of Western Australia, 2008
  • Barrister and Solicitor, High Court of Australia, 2008

Awards & Accolades

  • Recognised as a ‘Rising Star’ in the 2022 edition (and since 2020) of IFLR1000 (equity capital markets and M&A)
  • Recognised in the 2022 edition of Legal 500 Caribbean (corporate and commercial)
  • Recognised in the 2020 edition of Legal 500 (equity capital markets and M&A) and is listed for his track record in undertaking public M&A transactions