Alex Erskine is a partner and the Group Team Leader of the Funds & Investment Services team. He practises in the areas of corporate and commercial law, specialising in advising on structuring and operating investment vehicles, including mutual funds, hedge funds, unit trusts, partnerships, and close-ended funds. He advises on securities offerings, listings, investment banking, asset management issues, brokerage, custody and financial services generally. Alex also specialises in providing advice on Bermuda's Investment Business Act, which regulates the provision of investment services in and from Bermuda.
Alex joined Appleby in 1999. He became a partner in 2006 and served as Managing Partner of Appleby's British Virgin Islands' office from March 2007 to October 2008. Prior to joining Appleby he was deputy legal and compliance director of the asset management division of UBS AG.
He has been ranked by PLC Which Lawyer? as a ‘Endorsed Lawyer’ for Investment Funds (2010). In 2010 IFLR1000 named Alex as a ‘Leading Lawyer’ in the Financial and Corporate category.
Alex was educated in Ghana and England and studied law at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth graduating in 1986 with an LLB Hons. He passed his professional exams in 1987.
Alex was born in Accra, Ghana and speaks fluent Akan.