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
News & Insights
6 Mar 2023 - Corporate | Mergers & Acquisitions
Conyers Advises Lexasure Financial Group Limited on its Proposed Merger with Nasdaq Listed Capitalworks Emerging Markets Acquisition Corp
2 Mar 2023 - Corporate | Mergers & Acquisitions
Conyers Advises GLAAM Co., Ltd on Proposed Business Combination with Jaguar Global Growth Corporation I
Deals & Cases
26 Jan 2023
Freightos Limited Completes Business Combination with Gesher I Acquisition Corp.
Mergers & Acquisitions