Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
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James Went
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Work Department
Corporate
Position
Corporate lawyer specialising in advising life sciences and technology companies. His transactional work includes acquisitions and disposals, often with an international element; university spin-outs; venture capital funding transactions; joint ventures; corporate restructuring and re-organisations. He works with companies at all stages of their life cycle and many clients are spin-outs from the University of Oxford, Imperial College London, and other universities and technology transfer organisations, who he works with on a long-term basis.
Career
Where trained: Biddle Year qualified: 2000 Year made partner in present firm: 2016 Trained at Biddle. Joined Manches in 2001. Became a partner at Penningtons Manches in 2016.
Education
Main secondary school attended: Sullivan Upper School
Universities and colleges attended: Lincoln College, Oxford 1994 – 1997 (BA (Hons) Jurisprudence, First Class); Christ’s College, Cambridge 2000-2001 (LLM).