We can help you capitalize on high growth potential.
Whether you are a venture capital investor, corporate investor (including dedicated corporate VC), family office or a sovereign wealth investor, our global team offers the full range of legal services and strategic advice. If you are an entrepreneur, we can also support you as you strive to turn your business into one of tomorrow’s leading companies.
Having worked on some of the most exciting venture capital deals around the world, we know what it takes to help you achieve your ambitions on a global scale. It’s about partnering for the long-term and building strong relationships that will last far beyond your first funding round, enabling us to be your trusted advisor throughout your entire entrepreneurial journey.
From our network of offices in key venture markets around the globe, we are embedded in the ecosystem and can support you with local knowledge on a global scale. This allows you to access the best legal minds and commercial advice, from equity and debt financing, to intellectual property protection, share incentives, mergers and acquisitions, IPO and beyond.
Eversheds Sutherland is one of the most active law firms on venture capital transactions, including initial investments, follow-on funding rounds, convertible debt investments, through to exits via trade sales, buy-outs and IPOs.
Whether you are an entrepreneur, company seeking capital, corporate venture, business angel or other early stage investor, we can provide you with a full range of legal services and strategic advice.
Our experience includes advising:
- a UK private equity fund on its investment into an early stage healthcare company
- a multinational insurance company in its minority investment in a telemedicine and teleconsultation service provider through the acquisition of shares and warrants
- the corporate venture arm of a multinational consumer goods company on its divestment of a purification products and services business for the biopharmaceutical market
- a digital health scale-up on its Series C equity financing, raising $80m
- an American technology company on the $25 million initial investment and $20 million follow-on investment
- a Saudi Arabian industrial company on its Series B investment in a tech-enabled last-mile logistics digitization platform
"Eversheds Sutherland as our trusted legal advisors supported Oviva throughout the negotiations and the closing of the financing round. We have…built a great and trustful relationship."
"Eversheds Sutherland had an excellent grasp of the technology underlying the deal; were incredibly committed; extremely pragmatic and ensured a “win-win” for both parties which was second to none."
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