Alex Smith
Senior Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Related services and key industries
Biography
Alex Smith is a sustainable finance and leveraged finance lawyer based in London.
Alex has broad and sector-agnostic experience of use of proceeds and sustainability-linked transactions and insight into the commercial and transactional considerations for an array of sustainable finance products across multiple industries. She advises companies, funds, sponsors, and financial institutions in respect of a variety of sustainable finance risks and opportunities and private capital deals.
As a leveraged finance advisor with extensive experience in the mid-market and private credit investments, Alex acts on domestic and multi-jurisdictional investments for sponsors, corporates and investors in varying capacities and structures.
Alex has previously worked in Singapore and Hong Kong.
Professional experience
Collapse allUniversity of Cambridge, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership Sustainable Finance Course - 2021
BPP University Legal Practice Course - 2015
University of Birmingham Law School Bachelor of Laws with Honours - 2014
- Solicitor, qualified in England & Wales
The push and pull of sustainable finance, Financier Worldwide 17 August 2021 https://www.financierworldwide.com/the-push-and-pull-of-sustainable-finance#.YSZlaI5Kjct;
The City of London, COP27 and the case for climate finance, The City of London Corporation, 8 December 2022 https://www.theglobalcity.uk/PositiveWebsite/media/Research-reports/The-City-of-London,-COP27,-and-the-case-for-climate-finance_1.pdf
Sustainable finance in 2024 – warmer and wilder?, 17 January 2024 https://connections.nortonrosefulbright.com/post/102ix41/sustainable-finance-in-2024-warmer-and-wilder
AI and sustainability - cure or curse?, 14 February 2024 https://www.iflr.com/article/2crh9izslrffx0uxrcnb4/esg/ai-and-sustainability-cure-or-curse
9fin Podcast - Bonus Episode — Talking ESG with lawyers, Sukhvir Basran and Alex Smith, 31 October 2023
Association of Corporate Treasurers ESG Conference – November 2022
- English
Insights
Private Credit: Public Challenges
Publication | July 11, 2024
“AI and sustainability: Cure or curse?”
Blog | June 12, 2024
“AI and sustainability - cure or curse?”
Blog | May 29, 2024