Alexander Swayne

London UK

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Finance Dublin Deals of the Year 2025

Cross-border construction industry acquisition: Cimsa Building Solutions’ acquisition of the Mannok Group (advising the outgoing lender)

Alexander is a senior associate specialising in banking and finance.

Alex advises clients across a broad spectrum of finance transactions, with a particular focus on sponsor-backed mergers and acquisitions, leverage finance and general corporate lending. He has developed considerable experience acting on complex, cross-border transactions across a variety of sectors, and his practice also encompasses asset-based lending, fund finance and trade finance. Alexander regularly acts for corporate groups, sponsor-backed borrowers and financial institutions on both domestic and cross-border transactions and is experienced in advising at all stages of the deal process, from structuring through to execution.

CV

Since 2025 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing

2021 - 2025 Associate, Taylor Wessing

2019 - 2021 Associate, Sullivan & Worcester UK LLP

Career

Since 2025 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing

2021 - 2025 Associate, Taylor Wessing

2019 - 2021 Associate, Sullivan & Worcester UK LLP

Education

2013 LPC from BPP

2012 LLB (Hons) with GDL Conversion from BPP

2012 GDL from BPP

Publications

Artificial Intelligence (AI) issues in commercial lending transactions – Lexis+ article (2026)

Contributed to a number of chapters in A Practitioner's Guide to Trade and Commodity Finance 2nd Edition (Sweet & Maxwell, 2021): The use of fintech in trade finance, Waivers, Standstills and workouts in trade finance and Insolvency and related final insolvency procedures.