Alexander Korff
General Counsel · Chief Operating Officer · Company Secretary
English-qualified solicitor · Singapore
Profile
A senior legal and operational executive with over fifteen years’ international experience — as General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Company Secretary to NYSE- and Nasdaq-listed technology companies, and as Chief Operating Officer and co-founder of a private cyber-security business. My work spans corporate development, governance, mergers & acquisitions, capital raising, intellectual-property strategy, dispute resolution and international regulatory compliance — with a reputation for pragmatic, commercially focused advice and for delivering complex transactions under pressure.
Focus
Selected highlights
- Co-led a management buy-out of a technology business from its listed parent — preserving strategic IP and establishing an independent growth platform.
- Grew a group patent portfolio more than tenfold, underpinning licensing and investment opportunities.
- Directed and negotiated multi-million-dollar M&A, joint ventures, financings and restructurings, including a US Chapter 11 restructuring and asset sale.
- Managed high-stakes cross-border disputes, including $1bn finance litigation and complex antitrust and regulatory matters.
- Guided technology businesses through global data-protection compliance, regulatory investigations and export-control / sanctions issues.
- Advised boards and executive chairs on governance, SEC reporting, capital raising and investor relations through growth, turnaround and restructuring.
Career
Fifteen-plus years across public (NYSE / Nasdaq) technology enterprises, a founder-led private technology venture, and international law firms — with earlier practice in litigation, intellectual property, corporate and finance law, and a judicial secondment to the Technology & Construction Court.