SPAC Guest Spotlight: Alexandra Low
In this episode of The SPAC Podcast, Michael Blankenship sits down with Alexandra Low, Counsel in the Capital Markets and Corporate team at Appleby’s Cayman Islands office. Ali leads the firm’s SPAC practice and brings extensive experience advising on both SPAC IPOs and de-SPAC transactions for public and private companies, sponsors, and asset managers.
Ali shares how she transitioned from working in Canada at Goodmans and Stikeman Elliott to becoming a key legal advisor in the Cayman Islands during the height of the SPAC boom. Her legal journey includes deep experience across jurisdictions and asset classes, as well as academic honors from institutions like the University of Toronto, London School of Economics, and Queen’s University.
This conversation provides a grounded look into offshore structuring, Cayman’s role in global capital markets, and the practical realities of advising on SPAC deals from one of the world’s most trusted offshore financial centers.
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Alexandra Low
Attorney
Ali is Counsel in the Capital Markets and Corporate team of the firm’s Cayman Islands office.
Ali leads the SPAC team in Cayman and has significant offshore experience in both debt and equity capital market transactions including IPOs (traditional and SPAC), and business combination transactions, and has acted for leading U.S. investment managers, hedge funds, financial services companies, credit and infrastructure managers.
Ali acts for both public and private companies, sponsors, investment funds and asset managers. She advises clients on mergers and acquisitions (public and private), capital markets transactions, private equity, venture capital, and banking and finance, across all sectors.
Prior to joining Appleby, Ali worked for a leading offshore firm in their corporate group for three years, and was a corporate associate specializing in capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions at Goodmans LLP (Toronto office) and Stikeman Elliott LLP (Toronto, Calgary and U.K. offices), as well as having worked in banking and policy for Scotiabank (Toronto) and the Business Council of Canada (Ottawa).
University of Toronto Law School (Business Law, Dean's List, Hons)
University of London (LLB, First)
London School of Political Science (First)
Queen’s University (Political Economy, Hons, Dean’s List)
Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (In-depth Tax Course)