Your challenges
Never has private equity funding been so challenging. Private equity funds are finding it difficult to leverage their investments as a result of the scarcity of credit. Venture capital funds are looking to de-risk their investments by focussing on their portfolio winners, heavily syndicating investments where possible and carefully selecting less risky later stage investment opportunities. Business angels are having to plug the equity gap at a time when many have other calls on their finances.
As an investor, you need lawyers that understand what you need, your investment structure and portfolio strategy, the environment in which you operate and the experience to help you get through these difficult times.
If you are a business looking for equity or venture capital funding, you need lawyers that understand how to help you get market and investor ready and who are well versed with the investment environment and the investors you are likely to be working with.
Achieving your ambitions
Whether you are equity investor or investment fund or you are a business looking for equity funding, we can help.
Our investor clients are private equity funds, early stage technology venture capital funds, business angels and angel groups. We can help you with your fund creation and structuring as well as your tax planning and carried interest arrangements. If your fund is already established or you invest directly, we can advise on your portfolio investments and portfolio management and growth issues. We also help with your realisations, whether through portfolio exits or fund restructurings.
Our clients seeking equity funding range from early stage technology businesses and spinouts looking for seed and venture capital, to growing businesses requiring development capital and significant companies needing leveraging finance for a management buyout or acquisition. We can help you secure equity funding on reasonable and commercial terms and let you know what is or is not industry and market acceptable.
The strength you need
You will have a team of 36 partners and over 97 lawyers to help you deal with the increasingly complex world of private equity/venture capital funds work. You’ll also have access to a range of specialists in tax, intellectual property and employment ensuring you get a complete service. Clients that we’ve helped include IQ Capital Partners, Acacia Capital Partners, CREATE Partners, West Midlands Enterprise and Amphion Innovations.
Lawyers you can trust
Our corporate finance lawyers who advise on private equity funds work are highly rated by Chambers UK and Legal 500.