Alex's recent restructuring and insolvency work includes:

• Accolade Wines: Acting for Accolate Wines on its NZ$500m debt restructuring and recapitalisation.
• Cherri Global: Acting for Cherri Global on its debt restructuring and recapitalisation.
• Property Partners: Acting for the Property Partners development and construction group, and its administrators and liquidators.
• Mosaic: Acting for Hilco Capital and the receivers on the NZ aspects of the Mosaic group (ASX) insolvency.
• Farm debt mediations: Acting for various domestic and overseas banks and credit funds on mediations under the Farm Debt Mediation Act.
• Ruapehu Alpine Lifts: Acting for ANZ as secured creditor in the administration and liquidation of Ruapehu Alpine Lifts.
• KDIC: Acting for Kurow Duntroon Irrigation Company on its restructuring and recapitalisation through voluntary administration and receivership.
• Godfreys:  Acting for the administrators and liquidators of Godfreys NZ, the cleaning supplies business.
• Brothers Beer: Acting for the administrators, deed administrators and liquidators of the Brothers Beer hospitality group.
• Ovato: Acting for the administrators and liquidators on the NZ aspects of the Ovato group (ASX) insolvency.
• CLSA: Acting for CLSA (HKEX) on its structured exit from the NZ market.
• Union Green: Acting for Qualitas (ASX) as secured creditor and McGrathNicol as receiver of the Union Green property development.
• CBL: Acting for the administrators of CBL Corporation, a former NZX-listed insurer.
• Pumpkin Patch: Acting for ANZ and the receivers of the Pumpkin Patch group, a former NZX-listed fashion retail group.
• Acting for the administrators of the Greensill Capital group, the liquidators of the Abraaj group, the syndicate on Thomas Cook Group plc, the holdco syndicate on Intu Properties plc and Vue International and its private equity sponsors.

A sample of his recent disclosable litigation and advisory work includes advising:

• A global construction and real estate company in respect of a significant sale and purchase warranty dispute.
• Majority shareholders of a precision manufacturing business in respect of a shareholder dispute.
• A former director in successful litigation to overturn a decision by the Registrar of Companies to prohibit him from acting as a director (Brand v Registrar of Companies [2018] NZHC 3148).
• Bath Street Capital in relation to an M&A dispute regarding Perpetual Guardian.
• Various stakeholders on proposed or successful schemes of arrangement, including of Trustpower, Allnex Industries, Suncorp, Thomas Cook group plc and Debenhams plc.
• Vector in the High Court and Court of Appeal in relation to the capital treatment of a lump sum payment received for infrastructure access (CIR v Vector [2016] NZCA 296).
• Glencore in its claims against the vessel Lancelot V and securing her sale pendent lite (Glencore Grain BV v The Ship "Lancelot V" [2015] NZHC 2052).