Alix Prentice is a partner in Cadwalader's Financial Services Group. She specializes in advising financial institutions and investors on the UK's financial services regulatory regime.

Alix has over 20 years of experience (some gained at the regulator) of advising on regulatory requirements and relationships with regulators across a range of industries and asset classes, including family offices and private investors, hedge and other alternative fund managers, private equity, banks, broker-dealers, custodians, distributors, issuers and cryptocurrency businesses.

Alix has particular expertise in alternative investment funds and the documentation of investments into these vehicles. She also has significant experience of regulated mergers and acquisitions, often involving complex changes of control and due diligence exercises.

Having spent more than 10 years in practice in US-headquartered law firms (some of which in New York and Washington), Alix is well-versed in assisting US and other overseas financial services businesses coming into the UK.