England - London • Corporate and commercial
Fieldfisher
Combining ‘efficiency, creativity, and strategic acumen’, Fieldfisher provides ’solutions-driven’ advice to investors and venture-backed businesses, seeking or providing funding throughout the investment life cycle. Leveraging the firm’s broader regulatory expertise, the team is particularly effective at advising on transactions within the fintech and healthtech sectors, where Thomas Colmer provides ‘highly actionable’ advice. Manchester-based Tom Ward co-heads the team alongside Colmer and has a strong track record advising on early stage mandates, including through EIS funds.
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Testimonials
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‘The team is highly experienced in VC-backed investments.'
'They are solutions-driven, always finding innovative ways to address complex issues.'
- 'Their uniqueness lies not just in their knowledge and professionalism, but in their approach to service, which seamlessly combines efficiency, creativity, and strategic acumen.'
- ‘Tom Ward's blend of deep legal knowledge, market insight, and outstanding communication skills sets him apart from competitors. We have particularly valued his proactive approach and commercial acumen.'
‘Thomas Colmer is excellent. His hand-holding approach and leadership are extremely valuable for all stakeholders and his communication is clear and concise, and his advice highly actionable.'
Key clients
- Acet Circular Solutions (t/a Again)
- Aggero Ltd
- Basinghall Tech Fund
- Board Intelligence Ltd
- Better Half (t/a Paired)
- Bower Collective Ltd
- Carmoola Group Ltd
- Circle Up Growth Partners
- CG Hero
- Clinithink Ltd
- Complement Therapeutics Ltd
- Creator Fund
- Digital Insight Technologies Ltd (t/a Xapien)
- Diode
- Dronamics Global Ltd
- EB Research Partnership
- E Fundamentals Group Ltd
- Emperia Ltd
- FF Meander Ltd (t/a Byway Travel)
- FF Poplar Ltd (t/a Poplar Studios)
- FF Indie Ltd
- Field Doctor Ltd
- FitXR
- Founders Factory
- Fuel Ventures
- Fuse Universal Ltd
- Genesis Global Technology Ltd
- Glory Global
- Glimpse Protocol Ltd
- Growth Catalyst Partners LLC
- Guardian Angel Network Ltd
- Guider Global Ltd
- Guinness Asset Management (EIS funds)
- Hammock Financial Services Ltd
- Hived
- Howard Holdings (trading as Landways)
- Improveasy Ltd
- Karmacist Ltd
- Kidadl Ltd
- Messier Holdings Ltd (t/a Pinwheel)
- MNAI Data Solutions Ltd
- Nanomox Ltd
- Oh Goodlord Ltd
- Osprey Flight Solutions
- Oya Space Ltd
- Perkier Foods Ltd
- Phides Holding Limited
- QStory Ltd
- Quanterium Technologies Ltd (t/a Compose)
- Quiqup Ltd
- Risk Ledger Ltd
- Saas Hospitality Ltd (t/a HotelRunner)
- SideQuest Meta Ltd (formerly Wanyoo)
- Singletrack Systems Ltd
- Spryt Ltd
- Superfluid Finance Ltd
- SWEN Capital Partners
- SymphonyAI LLC
- Tembo Money Ltd
- The Know Media Group Ltd
- Tortoise Media Ltd
- Truffle Invest Ltd
- Tyme Food Ltd
- Ultromics
- Visor Commerce (t/a OnBuy.com)
- Worldr Technologies
- 5Y Technology Ltd
Work highlights
- Advising new US private equity fund client Growth Catalyst Partners (GCP) on 5 acquisitions in 2022 including its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Alaco Limited from various sellers, to create a new global risk consultancy Sigma7.
- Advising new US private equity fund client SymphonyAI LLC on its acquisition of the NetReveal financial crime platform from BAe Systems plc.
- Acting as lead M&A legal and tax advisers on the sale of Singletrack, an engagement, research management and analytics platform purpose-built by industry professionals for capital markets, to Accel-KKR, a leading technology-focused private equity firm.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Tom Ward, Thomas Colmer