Kavita Patel > Shakespeare Martineau LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Shakespeare Martineau LLP Offices
60 GRACECHURCH STREET
LONDON
EC3V 0HR
England
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Kavita Patel
Work Department
Corporate Finance
Position
Partner & Head of Investment Funds
Career
Kavita specialises in a broad range of corporate finance transactions, both for public and private companies, including acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, funding arrangements, restructurings and cross-border transactions.
She also provides bespoke services to investment funds from establishment and fundraising, ongoing operation, regulation and compliance to restructurings, mergers and returns to investors by combining legal, tax, regulatory and compliance advice.
Kavita is a non-executive director of The Nottingham Building Society and sits on the AIC VCT Technical Committee and the EIS Association Regulatory Committee. She also is one of the judges at the prestigious 2019 Growth Investor Awards.
Lawyer Rankings
West Midlands > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Birmingham
(Leading individuals)London > Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
Shakespeare Martineau LLP has a ‘detailed knowledge of the fund raising regulatory environment and issues inherent in VC investing’. The national team, which includes offices in Nottingham, Birmingham and London, is particularly adept at advising on tax-related investments regarding EIS and VCT funds. Splitting her time between the London and Birmingham offices, Kavita Patel is a key member of the team, as a result of her work for funds clients, both in relation to structuring work and on subsequent downstream investments. Nottingham-based partner Duncan James also handles a considerable amount of VC matters, including work for family-run companies, in his role as national corporate head.
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Firm Rankings
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Real estate > Property finance