AT A GLANCE
Alex has more than 20 years of experience in personal insolvency and specializes in bankruptcy appointments, insolvent deceased estate cases and complex Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVAs). He has extensive expertise in conducting investigations, recovering assets and developing tailored solutions for debtors and creditors across a broad range of personal insolvency matters.
Prior to joining Kroll, Alex developed his expertise working with a specialist IVA provider, where he gained significant experience advising individuals facing financial distress and administering complex IVAs. He later joined MCR in 2010 as part of a specialist team focused on complicated IVA cases involving business owners and self-employed individuals. Following MCR’s acquisition by Duff & Phelps in 2011, and the firm’s subsequent rebrand to Kroll in 2021, Alex has continued to expand his practice and now advises on the full spectrum of personal insolvency engagements.
Alex has managed numerous complex bankruptcy assignments throughout his career. He works closely with debtors, creditors, legal advisers and other stakeholders to investigate financial affairs, recover assets and maximize returns for creditors. He is particularly experienced in contentious matters involving property-related disputes, antecedent transactions and cross-border asset recovery.
His notable experience includes successfully realizing property assets in a variety of complex bankruptcy scenarios, including contested matters, equitable exoneration claims, farmland cases, abandoned or destroyed property matters and portfolios of tenanted properties. He has led investigations into antecedent transactions, including transactions at an undervalue, preferences and transactions designed to defraud creditors. Alex also has significant experience in applications relating to suspension of discharge, private examinations, search and seizure orders and mail redirection.
In addition, he has worked on cross-border matters involving assets located in France, Spain, Gibraltar, Jersey, the United States, Dubai and Switzerland, and has collaborated with the Official Receiver in connection with prosecutions relating to bankruptcy offences.
Alex has extensive experience drafting and supervising complex, bespoke IVA arrangements involving complex asset realisations and detailed negotiations with creditors and remains involved in numerous ongoing IVA assignments.
Alex holds a law degree with honors from the University of Liverpool and successfully completed the Certificate of Proficiency in Insolvency in 2008. He passed the personal element of the Joint Insolvency Examination Board (JIEB) qualification in 2010 and continues to apply his technical expertise to deliver commercially focused outcomes for clients and stakeholders.