Private Equity and Venture Capital
Our private equity and venture capital team has extensive experience in all stages of the investment, operational and exit processes.
Private Equity and Venture Capital
Legal support for private equity and venture capital transactions
Whether you are an investor or a company seeking to raise capital, the advice of a specialist lawyer can remove some of the complexities.
Our private equity team has extensive experience advising investors, funds and private equity managers in connection with all stages of the investment, operational and exit processes.
This includes assisting financial investors in structuring, implementing, operating and exiting from buyout transactions and other equity investments. We have particular expertise supporting angel investors and companies seeking to raise money from angel or seed investors.
Different investment vehicles are subject to different demands from their investors as to transaction terms, returns, investment periods, contingent liabilities, exit terms, management investment terms, reporting requirements and regulatory compliance.
Our specialists are highly experienced in negotiating complex contract provisions and we work very closely with you and your other professional advisers including banks and accountants to develop and implement a unified strategy.
Our work in this area typically includes advising on:
- MBOs, MBIs, co-investments, syndications and club deals
- Transaction structuring
- Company formation
- Equity and debt structuring
- EIS and SEIS structures
- Management and employee incentivisation including warrant and option terms
- Terms of the sale and purchase agreement
- Locked box and price adjustment provisions
- Warranty, indemnity and limitation provisions
- Warranty insurance
- Earn-out structures
- Investment and subscription agreements
- Shareholder agreements
- Governance and exit rights
- Articles of association
- Share right differentiation
- Shareholder and third party debt instruments
- Ratchet mechanisms
- Fiduciary duties and confidentiality obligations
- Conflicts of interest
- Anti-bribery and corruption legislation
If you would like to discuss your investment objectives and find out how our specialist team in St Albans, Harpenden or Luton can help, we would be delighted to hear from you.
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