Restructuring & Special Situations

Alex Kay is a partner based in London, and part of the Restructuring & Special Situations team.

He typically represents buy side investors and bondholder committees in complex cross border restructurings assisting his clients in all aspects of a transaction from initial contingency planning and investment analysis to implementation and management of complex work outs.

Alex has particular experience of assisting creditors in challenging jurisdictions and is one of the go to lawyers for difficult emerging markets situations often using market first restructuring tools to reach a solvent solution. His work encompasses using a range of insolvency and reorganization tools and processes including restructuring plans, schemes of arrangement, pre-packaged administrations, Chapter 11 processes and a number of other European reorganization tools to achieve his clients' goals. Alex has also acted for investors on a number of complex direct lending financing transactions often using complex and bespoke debt instruments and Inter-creditor structures.

Until January 2024 Alex was the independent chairman of the European Leverage Finance Association.

Bachelor of Laws, London School of Economics