Alex Amos is an investment funds partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Alex advises a wide range of asset managers and investors on alternative funds. His particular focus is on credit strategies. This ranges from primary funds, SMAs, joint ventures, pledge funds, co-investment vehicles and other alternatives to the traditional widely held blind pool fund model. Alex also advises asset managers on team incentive arrangements, conflicts, allocation policies and all the wider elements relating to operating an alternatives business. Alex regularly speaks at external industry conferences and is a contributor to industry bodies as well as leading asset management publications and texts.
External Recognition
Legal 500 (2024): Listed as a “Leading Individual” in Investment Funds Formation and Management
Who’s Who Legal (2022): Listed as a “Leading Lawyer”
Private Funds Management (2014): Listed in the Top 30 Private Funds Lawyers Under 40
Experience
Prior Experience
Macfarlanes
Senior Adviser, 2023
Partner, 2012–2023
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Secondee, 2010
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2006, Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales