Venture Capital
Our Venture Capital Team acts both for VC investors and fast-growth emerging companies. Our experience acting on both sides of venture capital transactions benefits our clients because we can understand issues from the perspective of both an investor and investee and find suitable and workable solutions.
On the company side, we focus on supporting disruptive businesses raise the capital they need to facilitate their growth journey and, once more established – as a full service law firm – we can help them scale quickly whilst successfully avoiding the common pitfalls for high-growth companies. As a firm that advises companies from seed financing right through to IPO and beyond, we’re invested in ensuring our clients achieve short, medium and long-term success. We’re embedded in the world of venture capital and are here to help you navigate the mechanics behind your growing cap table.
On the VC investor side, our experienced specialist team of venture capital lawyers has extensive multi-jurisdictional experience of venture capital transactions. We’re well-versed in BVCA market practices and have a deep understanding of the specific technical requirements of VC raisings across different investment rounds. We understand that speed matters in the world of venture capital and our goal-oriented lawyers are focused on helping you successfully raise or invest capital as quickly as possible without creating unneeded issues or legal roadblocks.
What makes us different and where can we add value?
We’re fiercely independent – Walker Morris is the UK’s largest independent law firm outside of London. Emerging companies and VC investors benefit from our ‘City’ quality legal advice without the London overheads.
Because our team has experience across the full spectrum of venture capital and emerging company work, we assist our clients with everything from funding documentation (e.g. term sheets, subscription agreements, convertible loan notes etc.) to documents that will regulate and affect the way a business is run for the years ahead (e.g. articles, ESOP schemes, IP agreements etc.). Whatever the matter at hand, we understand that legal documents for fast growth companies must be prepared for both short and long term success and not hamper the next stage of growth.
Our Venture Capital Team has the ability to pull in expertise from our specialist tech, intellectual property, commercial, regulatory and data privacy specialist colleagues to support our clients. We work hard to stay abreast of the latest developments in technology (see our work with blockchain, FinTech and SaaS) to ensure that we can serve as a trusted advisor to our innovative clients.
We’re excited by the opportunities that venture capital brings to the UK and the world and we’re invested in helping you to either build your business or facilitate the growth of others’ businesses. We think we have a unique value proposition that tech-savvy users of legal services will appreciate in a brave new world of decentralised work – top quality legal advice, without the London price tag!
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