Profile details
Profil Alexandra Sims
Alex is an associate in our Global Transactions practice and part of our Private Capital group, specialising in M&A. Since joining Freshfields, Alex has worked with many of the firm’s financial investor clients, advising out of our London office on a range of private M&A and corporate matters.
During her time at Freshfields, Alex has completed a secondment to global investment group Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (London) ('CDPQ').
Prior to joining Freshfields in 2022, Alex worked at Bell Gully, a leading law firm in New Zealand.
Mandate
Alex’s experience includes advising on the following key matters:
- Charterhouse Capital Partners and Vermeg on the carve-out and disposal of Vermeg's RegTech division 'AGILE' to Regnology
- CDPQ on its equity arrangements in portfolio company FNZ
- CDPQ on its acquisition of a stake in Aareon, a European provider of SaaS solutions for the property industry
- A French multinational utility investor on the potential acquisition of an onshore windfarm in the UK
- KKR on its acquisition of IVI-RMA Global, a leading international reproductive medicine group
- BlackRock (formerly Global Infrastructure Partners) on its acquisition of a stake in Skyborn Renewables, a leading offshore wind platform
- BlackRock (formerly Global Infrastructure Partners) on its acquisition of a stake in VTG Rail, a leading European railcar lessor
- Montagu on its equity arrangements in portfolio company Wireless Logic
Qualifikationen
Education
- The University of Auckland, New Zealand (LLB (Hons))
- The University of Auckland, New Zealand (BA)
Qualifications
- Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand, admitted August 2018