Alex Down

ALEX DOWN’s experience covers a wide range of employment and corporate immigration matters, including both contentious and non-contentious work. He particularly advises on senior executive-level recruitment, team moves, matters relating to transfer of undertakings, sponsorship matters, and immigration compliance.

Recent examples of Alex’s work include representing:

• Renesas on the international employment aspects of its Sale of Its Timing Business to SiTime.
• GE HealthCare on the international employment aspects of its US$2.3 billion acquisition of Intelerad.
• Pepper Advantage, a leading international credit management and technology firm backed by J.C. Flowers & Co., on the employment law aspects of its pending acquisition of Computer Loan Services.
• STORY3 Capital Partners, the Los Angeles based private equity firm, on the employment aspects of its significant minority investment in Adanola, a leading UK-based athleisure and activewear brand.
• Evri, a portfolio company of funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc., on the employment aspects of its merger with DHL eCommerce, the e-commerce logistics specialist of DHL Group.
• HARMAN International on the international employment aspects of its US$350 Million acquisition of Masimo Corporation’s Sound United Consumer Audio Business.
• Ridgeview Partners in the employment law aspects of its growth investment in Radiant Logic.
• Tahweel Integrated Company, a Saudi Arabian leader in the cast pallet-wrap stretch film market known for delivering tailored industrial solutions across Asia and Europe, on its SAR 3 billion business combination with Nile Investment Limited.
• Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. on the international employment and benefits aspects of its US$13.45 Billion Acquisition of AssuredPartners.
• DigiCert on the employment aspects of its Acquisition of Vercara.
• Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. in the acquisition of The Travel Corporation.
• Clearlake Capital and Francisco Partners on the international employment aspects of their US$2.1 Billion Acquisition of Software Integrity Group.
• Bilkul Football on the employment aspects of its acquisition of West Bromwich Albion Football Club.
• Great Hill Partners on the employment aspects of its pending strategic majority investment in a newly formed organisation comprising Vivup, a leading provider of health and well-being benefits, and Perkbox, an award-winning global benefits and reward platform, which will combine to offer a market-leading solution for the UK’s public and private employee benefits sectors.
• Stonepeak on the employment aspects of its agreement with the AA, the leading provider of roadside assistance services in the UK and a successful insurance business, and the AA’s majority shareholders, TowerBrook Capital Partners and Warburg Pincus. Per the agreement, Stonepeak will invest £450 million in the AA through a combination of common and preferred equity at an enterprise value of approximately £4 billion.
• Ashtead Technology on the employment aspects of its Acquisition of ACE Winches.
• Savillex Corporation, a portfolio company of private equity fund Thompson Street Capital Partners, in its strategic acquisition of ONFAB from Foresight Capital Partners.
• IDEX Corporation on the employment aspects relating to its definitive agreement to acquire micro-precision technology manufacturing company Muon B.V. and its subsidiaries from Rivean Capital for a cash consideration of €700 million.
• Newfold Digital in its acquisition of MarkMonitor™, an enterprise-level provider of domain management solutions, from Clarivate.
• Discovery Education, a worldwide edtech leader backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., in its acquisition of DoodleLearning.
• Achieve Partners on its acquisition of a majority stake in Boclips.
• Colliers on the acquisition of a 75% strategic investment in Basalt Infrastructure Partners LLP.
• Apollo on its agreement to acquire Miller Homes, one of the UK’s leading homebuilders.
• Fortress Investment Group on the acquisition of Punch Pubs & Co.
• KKR on its majority acquisition of Biosynth Carbosynth, a Swiss life sciences reagents and custom synthesis and manufacturing services company.
• Kiniciti on its investment in Ncardia, a leader in developing stem cell-based solutions for drug discovery and cell therapy.

• Employment Lawyers Association
• Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association

• Alex was awarded the 2022 Sidley London Prize for Pro Bono Services.