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Globally, a growing weight of private capital is moving to non-control investments, particularly into tech, energy markets, biotech and other emerging industries. We work with investors, businesses and founders across the life cycle of start-up, business expansion and liquidity, providing strategic counsel.

Our venture capital and growth teams work across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australian markets and regularly advise on transactions involving cross-border investments from or into the United States.

We work with investors, businesses and founders across the life cycle of start-up, business expansion and liquidity, providing strategic counsel.

We have a deep and established practice acting for entrepreneurial and high growth start-up and scale-up companies particularly in the tech and new energy sectors corporates. We also regularly act for investors, including venture capital firms, private equity houses, family offices and corporate venture arms of major companies on venture capital and non-control private investment.

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Deputy

Deputy on its US$82 million Series B capital raising with lead investor US based Institutional Venture Partners and US$25 million Series A capital raising from US based OpenView Venture Partners.

G4S Plc

Acting for G4S Plc in relation to its defence of two sets of high profile proceedings brought by various shareholders in the company, under section 90A and schedule 10A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA). The claims relate to allegedly false and misleading statements or omissions made by G4S regarding its billing practices between 2011 and 2013. In March 2021, the High Court ruled in favour of G4S to strike out approximately 90% of the quantum of the claims in the first set of proceedings.

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LUKOIL

Advising on technology licences, catalyst supply contracts and FEED contract in connection with potential construction of two new polypropylene units in Russia and Bulgaria

RBS Group

Acting for RBS and its former directors in defending actions brought by shareholder and investor groups in connection with RBS's 2008 rights issue. This involved a Group Litigation Order which consolidated 16 separate claims into 4 claimant groups, with approximately 36,000 individual claimants. The claims were brought under section 90 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and they alleged misstatements in and omissions from RBS's rights issue prospectus.  The claimants sought damages of around £4 billion in total.  Confidential settlements were reached with all claimant groups before trial. The dispute was one of the largest claims by value and scope to have gone through the English court system.

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PT Pertamina Rosneft Pengolahan dan Petrokimia (Indonesia)

Assisting with a joint venture of Rosneft (a major oil & gas company in Russia) and Pertamina (Indonesian state-owned oil and gas company), on the construction of USD 16 bln Tuban grass root refinery and petrochemical complex at Tuban, Indonesia

AMP LIMITED

Acting in relation to shareholder class action proceedings in the NSW Supreme Court. Five competing class actions were brought against our client, in one of Australia’s largest class actions, arising from ASIC investigations and the Royal Commission into the Financial Services Industry.

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