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Bird & Bird LLP

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A ‘very responsive firm’ with considerable experience representing corporate investors, angel investors, and venture debt funds, the team at Bird & Bird LLP routinely assists clients in follow-on fundraisings and convertible loan note financings. Regularly handling early stage and growth financing rounds, the team stands out for its broad cross-sector focus, deploying specialists which cover financial services, healthtech, and sustainability spheres. Practice head Struan Penwarden chiefly focuses on complex venture debt transactions and equity investments, while Mark Rundall is a ’quick communicator’ who concentrates on the financing and disposal of high-growth organisations. Other key figures include James Baillieu, an expert in the life sciences and tech sectors, and Adam Meisels, who assists both start-ups and scale-ups.
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  • ‘Very responsive firm, flexible and adaptable to our needs and financial constraints.’

  • ‘Strong ethics, very reactive, true commercial mindset, very innovative in solutions provided, real sparring partner in the deal.’

  • ‘Great bench of high-quality partners.’

  • ‘Mark Rundall is an excellent and quick communicator, and dedicated to the cause. Struan Penwarden has a wealth of experience. Hannah Fletcher is very responsive and understanding of client needs.’

  • ‘The team are really responsive, knowledgeable and uniquely set up for venture/growth stage companies like us. Their expertise is very deep in this area.’

  • ‘We work most with Mark Rundall and Francesca Mansell. They are fantastic and they always make themselves available for us. They're also not afraid to give us sound commercial advice.’

  • ‘Wide diverse team, super professional partner, who can pull on the full diverse skills of the wider team.’

  • ‘Adam Meisels is the best start-up lawyer I met. Combines depth of knowledge, sharp wit, and deep professionalism, with an incredibly down to earth and pragmatic approach.'

Kernmandanten

  • Five Seasons Ventures
  • Griffin Gaming Partners
  • Paladin Capital Group
  • GetHarley
  • Standard Investments (venture arm of Standard Industries)
  • Rated Labs
  • LifeArc
  • Dementia Discovery Fund
  • Plant Meat
  • ReGen Ventures

Highlight-Mandate

  • Advised Five Seasons Ventures, a European investor which invests in food brands, on various investments, including an investment into a cat food brand and a follow-on investment into Dash Water, structured as a primary and secondary investment.
  • Advised Griffin Gaming Partners on various investments, including its $10m Seed Round of ForthStar, a start-up mobile free-to-play game studio led by Playdemic founders Paul Gouge and Alex Rigby.
  • Advised Paladin Capital Group in connection with its participation in Hack The Box's $55m Series B fundraising led by Carlyle.

Anwält*innen

Hall of fame

Die Anwält*innen an der Spitze ihres Berufsstands, die aufgrund ihres langjährigen Engagements in marktführender Arbeit von Wettbewerbern und Mandanten gleichermaßen geschätzt und anerkannt werden.

Struan Penwarden

Partner*innen der nächsten Generation

Juniorpartner*innen, die im Markt von Mandanten und Wettbewerbern anerkannt werden und in einigen Mandaten eine Schlüsselrolle einnehmen.

James Baillieu
Adam Meisels
Mark Rundall

Praxisleitung

Struan Penwarden

Weitere Kernanwält*innen

James Baillieu; Mark Rundall; Adam Meisels; Francesca Mansell; Mark Penwarden; Albert Mennen; William Alms; Benjamin Simon