Alexander Short

Alexander Short

Counsel

Email

alexander.short@aoshearman.com

Phone

+442030881627

Offices

London

V-CARD
Alexander is a Counsel in the debt finance practice, focusing exclusively on fund finance.
He advises financial institutions, funds and corporate borrowers on fund financing transactions including subscription facilities, net asset value financings, and other secured and unsecured lending transactions both domestically and internationally.

Experience

Representative matters

  • Acting for a bank lender in relation to a net asset value facility for a Middle Eastern fund, involving Luxembourg, UK and US security.
  • Acting for an alternative US-based lender in relation to a net asset value facility for a UK real estate fund and their UK portfolio of properties.* 
  • Acting for a bank lender in relation to a subscription facility for a large UK institutional fund.* 
  • Acting for a syndicate of lenders in relation to a subscription facility for a SMA based in the Middle East.* 
  • Acting for a bank lender in relation to a large umbrella subscription facility for a number of European funds.* 
  • Acting for a lender in relation to a hybrid facility for a global private equity firm, involving both asset and capital call security across the US and Luxembourg.* 

*Matters worked on prior to joining AOS. 

 

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as solicitor, England and Wales, 2016

Academic

Legal Practice Course, BPP University London Holborn, 2014

Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP University London Waterloo, 2013

MA, English Language and Literature, Oxford University, 2012

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.