Alex Leitch

Alex Leitch is Counsel in the Business, Corporate and Tax Department.

Alex advises founders, investors and management teams in connection with the structuring, negotiation, and closing of middle-market mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financings, corporate governance, and commercial transactions. Alex also regularly serves as outside general counsel to growth-stage and more established companies, advising on day-to-day corporate matters and negotiating complex commercial agreements.

Alex’s practice focuses on companies within the consumer brands, professional services, and technology industries, among others. He has particular experience advising on complex, multi-entity transactions involving corporate restructuring and governance matters.

Before joining ECJ, Alex spent seven years at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Clifford Chance in London and Hong Kong, where he advised global private equity sponsors, multinational corporations, and sovereign issuers on cross-border acquisitions, capital markets transactions, and U.S. securities law matters.

Alex worked in early-stage technology companies and non-profits prior to practicing law.

Alex’s representative experience includes matters handled prior to joining ECJ.

• Represented the founder of California Electronic Asset Recovery, Inc., a leading IT asset disposal and certified e-waste recycling provider, in its recapitalization with Ancor Capital Partners
• Represented the shareholders of Sobul, Primes and Schenkel in the sale of the accounting firm to a private equity buyer
• Represented Raleigh Enterprises in the sale of substantially all of the assets of File Keepers, LLC to a strategic buyer
• Advised Carlyle International Energy Partners and Discover Exploration Ltd. in the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Hansa Hydrocarbons Ltd., a privately owned upstream oil and gas company, from an affiliate of Avista Capital Holdings, LP
• Advised Bridas Corporation on the formation of an integrated energy company through the combination of Bridas’ and BP’s interests in Pan American Energy and Axion Energy, forming Pan American Energy Group
• Advised DÔEN, a high-growth California-based apparel and lifestyle brand, on the closing of its Series A round led by Silas Capital, the largest capital raise in the company’s history
• Advised Vebu, Inc. on its Series A financing led by Cultivate Next, the venture fund of Chipotle Mexican Grill
• Advised PJSC Lukoil on its $1.5 billion Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of notes listed on the London Stock Exchange
• Advised Clydesdale Bank on its Rule 144A/Regulation S initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange and Australian Stock Exchange and simultaneous demerger from National Australia Bank
• Advised the underwriters in multiple SEC-registered sovereign debt offerings by the Republic of Turkey
• Advised Warrior Met Coal, Inc. in its SEC-registered initial public offering and multiple secondary offerings of common stock
• Represented an ad hoc committee of noteholders in the restructuring and Chapter 11 process of New Cotai, LLC, resulting in approximately $856.5 million of prepetition indebtedness being canceled in exchange for equity interests in the reorganized entity
• Advised a private equity firm on infrastructure and water-related investments across the United States
• Advised a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund on director appointment policies for its portfolio companies, including qualification, vetting, remuneration, and overboarding considerations
• Counseled management and significant investors in NASDAQ- and NYSE-listed companies on corporate governance, SEC reporting, and stock exchange compliance matters

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