Alex R. Rovira

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Additional Languages: Spanish (learning), Russian (learning), Mandarin Chinese (limited)

Alex advises financial institutions; private lenders and funds; and companies, owners, and management on complex in- and out-of-court restructurings, cross-border restructurings, distressed M&A, financing transactions, as well as a range of governance issues in the U.S. and around the world. His holistic approach, informed by diverse, multijurisdictional experience, helps clients effectively manage their transformational events.

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Navigating Corporate Restructuring: Strategies to Optimize Value and Manage Liabilities
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Alex represents clients across a range of sophisticated transactions and restructurings, including workouts and cross-border transactions involving distressed debt, assets, and targets. As a key advisor to several of the largest banks and funds in the world, he also provides guidance to corporate boards, management, and sponsors on corporate governance matters and complex disputes.

Alex regularly represents financial institutions, private credit lenders, hedge funds, bondholders, and distress investors, as well as private equity owners, their portfolio companies, and boards in all aspects of complex distress situations both in and out of court. He advises on liability management transactions, structuring finance transactions, exercising and enforcing lender remedies, and all aspects of distress asset sales and purchases. Alex’s work also includes strategic planning for debt restructuring alternatives and structuring exit strategies. Additionally, he has significant experience with broker-dealer and bank liquidation proceedings.

With experience practicing law in the U.S., Europe, and Asia-Pacific, Alex provides a wealth of insights and knowledge of the nuances involved with international and cross-border transactions, restructurings, and distressed M&A. His international work includes the negotiation and structuring of in- and out-of-court transactions, and solvent and insolvent schemes of arrangement. Alex is experienced in Bermuda, BVI, the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, the UK, Peru, among other areas.

Alex’s financing experience spans securitizations, repurchase agreements, security lending arrangements, swaps, forwards, and other derivative agreements, as well as sale-leaseback transactions. His clients appreciate his focus on insolvency risks, enforcement, and remedies.

Overview

Alex represents clients across a range of sophisticated transactions and restructurings, including workouts and cross-border transactions involving distressed debt, assets, and targets. As a key advisor to several of the largest banks and funds in the world, he also provides guidance to corporate boards, management, and sponsors on corporate governance matters and complex disputes.

Alex regularly represents financial institutions, private credit lenders, hedge funds, bondholders, and distress investors, as well as private equity owners, their portfolio companies, and boards in all aspects of complex distress situations both in and out of court. He advises on liability management transactions, structuring finance transactions, exercising and enforcing lender remedies, and all aspects of distress asset sales and purchases. Alex’s work also includes strategic planning for debt restructuring alternatives and structuring exit strategies. Additionally, he has significant experience with broker-dealer and bank liquidation proceedings.

With experience practicing law in the U.S., Europe, and Asia-Pacific, Alex provides a wealth of insights and knowledge of the nuances involved with international and cross-border transactions, restructurings, and distressed M&A. His international work includes the negotiation and structuring of in- and out-of-court transactions, and solvent and insolvent schemes of arrangement. Alex is experienced in Bermuda, BVI, the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, the UK, Peru, among other areas.

Alex’s financing experience spans securitizations, repurchase agreements, security lending arrangements, swaps, forwards, and other derivative agreements, as well as sale-leaseback transactions. His clients appreciate his focus on insolvency risks, enforcement, and remedies.

Insights

Podcasts

Navigating Corporate Restructuring: Strategies to Optimize Value and Manage Liabilities

Podcasts

Ensuring Stability: The GENIUS Act’s Impact on Stablecoin Insolvency

Articles + Publications

Navigating Change: First 100 Days Under the Trump Administration

Speaking Engagements

INSOL Hong Kong 2025

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Top areas of focus

  • Member, New York City Bar Association, Bankruptcy Committee
  • Member, INSOL International (International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals)
  • Member, International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation
  • Board member, Her Justice
  • Board member, Fordham Preparatory High School

Education

  • University College London, LL.M., 2006, corporate insolvency
  • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2003
  • Harvard University, A.B., 1999

Bar Admissions

  • New York

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

Languages

  • Spanish (learning)
  • Russian (learning)
  • Mandarin Chinese (limited)
  • Panelist, “Examining the New Market Structure in Europe: Understanding Creditor Rights in EU Member States,” Managed Funds Association, MFA Seminar Series, NY, USA, October 22, 2018.
  • Panelist, Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association’s Conference: Debt Restructurings in Asia: Why the Next Wave Will be Different, “What are the Advantages of Restructuring Under U.S. Chapter 11? How does it Work for Non-U.S. Companies?” Asia Society, Hong Kong, May 17, 2016.
  • Panelist, “Important Current Issues in P.R.C. Restructurings,” American Bankruptcy Institute, 2015 Beijing Insolvency & Restructuring Symposium, Beijing, China, October 19, 2015.
  • Panelist, “Lehman Plan Discovery and Lehman Plans Summary,” March 30, 2010 and April 27, 2010.
  • Panelist with Hon. Chief Arthur J. Gonzales, Bankruptcy Judge, S.D.N.Y., “The Subprime Mess & Credit Crunch Part I: What Bankruptcy Can and Cannot Do for Your Client,” 2008 Mid-Year Conference of the Hispanic National Bar Association, NY, USA March 13-15, 2008.
  • Podcast, “Navigating Corporate Restructuring: Strategies to Optimize Value and Manage Liabilities,” The Consumer Finance Podcast, September 18, 2025.
  • Podcast, “Ensuring Stability: The GENIUS Act’s Impact on Stablecoin Insolvency,” The Crypto Exchange, September 9, 2025.
  • Co-author, “Navigating Change: First 100 Days Under the Trump Administration,” 2025 Digital Asset Developments, May 28, 2025.
  • Author, “Expected 2025 Trends in Restructuring and Distressed M&A,” Middle Market Growth, January 28, 2025.
  • Co-author, “Serta-nty on Open Market Purchases,” New York Law Journal, June 5, 2023.
  • Co-author and editor, “United States” chapter, Virtual Currency Regulation Review, Second Edition, September 2019.
  • Co-author and editor, “United States” chapter, Virtual Currency Regulation Review, November 2018.
  • Co-author, “SEC and FDIC Proposed Rules on the Orderly Liquidation of Certain Large Broker-Dealers,” Journal of Investment Compliance, September 5, 2016.
  • Co-author, “The Single Asset Real Estate Case: Basic Principles and Strategies,” American Bankruptcy Institute, May 7, 2012.
  • Author, “Derivatives and Bankruptcy, Chapter 14.04: Stockbroker Liquidations: Liquidation of a Stockbroker Pursuant to SIPA,” Derivatives: Legal Practices and Strategies, 2011 (updated since 2010).
  • Co-author, “Asset Securitization and the Effect of Insolvency on Special Purpose Vehicles,” The European Restructuring and Insolvency Guide 2005/2006, 2005.
  • Contributor, “Tenants-in-Common in Commercial Real Estate Transactions: Assessing the Bankruptcy Risks,” 18th Annual Real Property and Estate Planning Symposia ABA Section of Real Property, Probate & Trust Law , Washington, D.C., April 26-27, 2007.