Alex joined Bristows in August 2022 and is responsible for all the risk and compliance affairs within the firm. He works closely with the firm’s partners and senior managers to ensure that we do the right ethical things by our people, clients and regulators.

Before joining, Alex was a solicitor in private practice, and qualified in 1997. He worked with a number of leading law firms before going in house in 2003. Alex was senior counsel with BDO and led the global risk function at Ince.

Alex has written the professional standards for AML and Bribery for the Royal Institute of Chartered accountants, in addition to writing many articles and giving presentations, some of which can be found on YouTube.