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Lena Hodge
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Partner
Career
Lena Hodge is a partner in the Firm’s Corporate Practice Group. She leads the Equity Capital Markets team in the London office and serves on the Firm’s Management Committee.
Lena practices in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and equity capital markets (AIM and Main Market). She has extensive experience advising public and private companies and U.S. sponsors on IPOs and secondary fundraisings, mergers and acquisitions, public company takeovers, and general corporate matters.
Lena is recommended by multiple directories, including The Legal 500 UK for M&A and Euromoney’s Expert Guides Women in Business Law for Capital Markets.
Memberships
Solicitor, England & Wales
Education
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
(Leading partners)Drawing considerable praise from clients, the ‘partner-led, highly pragmatic and commercial’ team at Brown Rudnick LLP is well regarded for its work in innovative fields such as technology, advanced life-sciences and climate tech. With a distinct emphasis on venture capital, the team adeptly handles complex cross-border matters for a diverse roster of clients. The team is jointly led by international corporate practice head Tom Braiden and the ‘pragmatic’ Mark Dorff, who specialisises in early-stage investments in deep tech. Steering the equity capital markets (ECM) team is the accomplished Lena Hodge, whose vast experience encompasses advising public and private companies on IPOs, M&A and public company takeovers. The team’s strength has been fortified by a number of arrivals in 2022, which include Paul Doris from Dentons, David Knight from Fieldfisher, James Douglass from K&L Gates LLP and associate Stephen Wallace from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (UK) LLP.
London > Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
Brown Rudnick LLP has significant experience representing AIM-listed companies, advising on takeover code matters and acting on both issuer and underwriter-side mandates. IPOs, secondary fundraisings and public M&A transactions are core specialisms of the practice, which is headed by Lena Hodge, who is particularly recommended for her work with US sponsors. Neil Foster is well known for his expertise in technology sector transactions.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m London > Corporate and commercial
- Equity capital markets – small-mid cap London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
Firm Rankings
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Industry focus > TMT
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management