England - London • Corporate and commercial
Lewis Silkin
Lewis Silkin's corporate finance and investment practice has a track record of work on funding rounds, follow-on financings and seed investment. The key names are corporate finance head Timothy Leeson and fellow corporate finance partner David Willbe, who also co-heads the firm’s technology sector group
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Testimonials
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‘Lewis Silkin has great technical capability but distinguish themselves with their culture - good people who listen and provide outstanding customer service.’
‘David Willbe has an outstanding legal skill set, combined with excellent problem-solving. Combines being highly commercial with finding good practical solutions. Provides outstanding customer service. If a deal needs energy and commitment, there is no better person. Outstanding.'
‘They are incredibly talented, reputable and accessible. They have also accommodated to our financial circumstances as we have grown. Specifically, we started using Lewis Silkin when I was pursuing our pre-seed round, so before we really had any money at all, in the interest of building a trusting relationship. We have no intention of changing firms any time soon.’
‘David Willbe is incredibly knowledgeable, and quickly applies that knowledge to our circumstances in effective and creative ways. He has also fought forcefully but appropriately on our behalf on multiple occasions - we have been incredibly impressed.’
Key clients
- Vezeeta Holding Limited
- Breed Reply Investments Limited
- X R Games Limited
- Phlux Technology Limited
- McCarthy Capital
- Meniga Limited
- Volta Audio Limited
- TreasurySpring Limited
- Unlikely Artificial Intelligence Limited
- JLL Capital Partners
Work highlights
- Advised Unlikely Artificial intelligence, an artificial intelligence company, founded by the originator of Alexa, on its first seed round with institutional investors, led by Octopus Ventures and Amadeus Capital Partners.
- Advised X R on a £5.9m funding round co-led by existing investors Praetura Ventures and Maven Capital Partners.
- Advised Vezeeta on a $11m follow-on financing.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
David Willbe, Timothy Leeson