Alex Mitchell
Global Guide 2024
Band 2 : Banking & Finance
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About
Provided by Alex Mitchell
Practice Areas
Alex is a banking partner and is global co-head of our leveraged finance business. Alex specialises in event driven and other loan transactions, including acquisition and infrastructure financings, IPO facilities and restructurings. He has a particular focus acting for global private equity houses on leveraged buy-outs and refinancing. He also advises infrastructure investment funds and listed corporates.
Career
Alex joined Freshfields in 1999 and qualified as a solicitor in 2001. He has been a partner since 2008.
Professional Memberships
Solicitor of the senior courts of England and Wales (2001).
Personal
Law degree, with first class honours, University of Cambridge, Trinity Hall (1997).
Chambers Review
Global
Alex Mitchell is global co-head of Freshfields' leveraged finance group and regularly acts for investment fund and private equity clients. He is well positioned to act on complex multi-jurisdictional financings while also handling mid-sized domestic transactions for portfolio companies.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Alex is one of the most respected lawyers in the leveraged finance market. He is very smart, very creative and collaborative, and both lenders and borrowers respect him and his views."
"Alex is one of the most respected lawyers in the leveraged finance market. He is very smart, very creative and collaborative, and both lenders and borrowers respect him and his views."