Alexandra Poe

Alexandra is a partner in Hughes Hubbard & Reed’s Corporate Department. She has over 25 years of experience in investment management practice, representing investment advisers and institutional investors. Alexandra also represents government contractors in compliance matters.

Alexandra counsels hedge and private equity fund advisers in all stages of their business, including fund formation, domestic and cross-border structuring, adviser registration, compliance program development, compliance training and advice, placement arrangements, marketing, client relations, side letter and seeding arrangements, implementation of liquidity strategies, and day-to-day trading and operations advice. She also advises clients acquiring investments in non-traditional assets, and in sponsoring or participating in managed account programs or other bespoke investment service platforms.  Further, she has represented financial industry clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions, strategic joint ventures, regulatory examinations, implementation of prosecutorial settlement agreements, governance matters and due diligence.

Alexandra also has considerable in-house experience in general counsel and chief legal officer roles, advising boards and C-suite officers on matters of consequence, including responses to government examinations and investigations, investor litigation, and fiduciary and auditor independence issues. She is a co-Founder and Chair Emeritus of High Water Women Foundation and chaired the HWW Symposium: Investing for Impact, in 2013 and 2014.