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Michael Jacobs
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, London
- Phone44 20 7466 2463
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Work Department
Equity Capital Markets & VC and Growth Capital
Position
Michael is Co-Head of UK Equity Corporate Finance and Co-head of UK and EMEA VC and Growth Capital EMEA & Americas
Career
Michael is a corporate partner specialising in equity capital markets, growth capital and M&A, with a sector focus on private equity, tech and fintech. Michael has over 20 years’ experience across IPOs and other public and private primary and secondary offerings acting for issuers, selling shareholders and investment banks alike, as well as advising on public and private M&A and growth capital / PE transactions and cornerstone investments.
Michael joined HSF in September 2020 from A&O Shearman where he was a partner and a core member of its top-tier ECM and private equity practice. He has also previously spent time on secondment at the EMEA ECM legal team of Barclays.
Michael has been ranked in Chambers & Partners and as a key lawyer in Legal 500, with clients commenting in Chambers that “Michael is experienced, commercial, indefatigable and a pleasure to deal with.”