Chris Keen
Mishcon de Reya LLP'Responsive, insightful and very experienced', Mishcon de Reya LLP's venture capital offering covers the emerging tech, life sciences, and digital health industries, acting for hundreds of companies raising money from angels and institutional investors. Fielding lawyers across London, Cambridge, and Oxford, the nationally-resourced practice is chaired by three partners: Cambridge-based tech specialist Chris Keen, the 'very hands-on' Erika McIntyre, and corporate specialist Charlie Fletcher, also based in Cambridge. Keen represents young tech businesses and entrepreneurs; McIntyre primarily focuses on later stage investments and exit work; and Fletcher is noted for his debt fundraising expertise. In Oxford, Nicola McConville routinely assists spin outs and start-ups, and the 'outstanding' Hayley Cross is well versed in company and investor-side venture capital transactions.
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Testimonials
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‘The team focuses on early-stage companies so is familiar with the specific needs of this group. They are incredibly responsive, pragmatic and very reasonably priced, all serving this community very well.’
‘Hayley Cross is an outstanding partner. She knows her client base and market extremely well. She is very pragmatic, finding sensible solutions quickly. She is always incredibly responsive and goes above and beyond even on ad hoc questions to be supportive.’
‘The team in Mishcon is very responsive, insightful and very experienced in all topics relevant to a technology business. We have interacted with multiple firms in the past the quality of service is excellent and beyond market expectations.’
'Erika McIntyre's advice is always to the point and includes actionable options, avoiding the trap of merely explaining all potential scenarios without offering guidance, which is exactly what you want when you are hiring an adviser. She is also very hands-on, stepping in during the process when needed.'
Key clients
- Textmine Limited (formerly Legislate Technologies Limited)
- Cambridge Future Tech Ltd
- Veloce Esports Limited
- Pencil Biosciences Limited
- Perceptual Robotics Limited
- Seedcamp VI LP (1)
- Molten Ventures Plc
- Vianautis Bio Limited
- NOBACZ Ltd
- Maxion Therapeutics Ltd
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Chris Keen, Erika McIntyre, Charlie Fletcher