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Mills & Reeve LLP
Mills & Reeve LLP is ‘very experienced in VC-related transactions’ within the tech and life sciences sectors, acting on behalf of investees and investors, and in the latter case also often being the law firm of choice for the initial fund structuring mandate. Cambridge-based team head Zickie Lim has vast experience in the field, particularly at an earlier stage, including continuing to handle a considerable volume of work relating to university spin-outs. Also based in Cambridge, Dona Ardeman provides a holistic approach to early stage-focused funds, acting as she does on both their fund creation and subsequent transactional work. Principal associate Edward Sloan leads the firm’s efforts from the London office and is appreciated for his ’ability to find solutions to tricky problems’ for investors and investees.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'They are very experienced in VC-related transactions.'
- 'Ed Sloan worked tirelessly throughout the process of finalising our investment deal. The firm never used their processes as a way to delay or not assist with a challenge. They always found a way.'
Key clients
- IQ Capital Partners LLP
- Albion Capital Group LLP
- Northern Gritstone Limited
- Regenerate Ventures Limited
- Turquoise International Limited
- Mercia Asset Management Limited
- VGC Partners LLP
- Zero Carbon Capital Limited
- PragmatIC Limited
- 113 Botanicals Limited
- NRG Therapeutics Limited
- Sphere Fluidics Limited
- Gravitee Topco Limited
- Gearset Limited
- Momentous Therapeutics Limited
- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
- Cambridge Oncology Limited
- Steel City Interactive Limited
- Wearisma Limited
- FactSet Research Systems, Inc.
- Evonik Venture Capital GmbH
- Rainbird Technologies Limited
- Rinri Therapeutics Limited
- Haatch Ventures LLP
- Arquer Diagnostics Limited
- Feliscity Limited
- Kidney Research UK
- 52 North Health
Work highlights
- Advised long standing deeptech VC investor client, IQ Capital Partners LLP and Nasdaq listed FactSet Research Systems, Inc on their investment alongside Nasdaq, Inc in a $26m Series B round.
- Advised Software DevOps platform, Gearset on a $55m fundraising from Boston based growth equity firm, Silversmith Capital Partners.
- Advised IQ Capital Partners on its investments in:Nyobol, a British fast charging battery spin-out from Cambridge University, as part of a £50m Series B fundraising and Speechmatics, a speech recognition company, as part of its $62m Series B funding round.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Zickie Lim