Shoosmiths LLP

Headed by the Birmingham-based Alastair Peet, Shoosmiths LLP’s venture and development capital team advises on the entire life cycle of company’s business, overseeing incorporation, through to seed and later series, alongside exit strategies. The firm is especially active in the tech space, assisting clients ranging from angels and family offices to VC houses, with Peet predominantly focusing on venture and growth capital matters. From Thames Valley, Tom Wilde and Sanjeev Sharma specialise in implementing tax efficient investments and routinely support management teams and listed companies, whilst London-based Steve Barnett is an M&A expert. Back in Birmingham, Helen Burnell is knowledgeable on high-value investment transactions, while Alistair Hammerton concentrates on the seed fundraising side.

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Testimonials

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‘We work extremely closely with the team and they now feel like an extension of our own, always available and enthusiastically focused on supporting us.’
‘Sanjeev Sharma and Adam Leszczynski are extremely pragmatic and commercial, they have worked hard to understand what is acceptable to us as investors and deliver excellent work to tight deadlines.’

Key clients

Octopus Ventures
Triple Point
Mercia Asset Management
Blackfinch Ventures
Hambro Perks
Foresight Group
Clean Growth Fund
Pi Labs
Gresham House British Sustainable Infrastructure Fund
Business Growth Fund
Lopay Ltd
NVM Private Equity and the other shareholders of Pareto Facilities Management
Shareholders of Kapow Primary Limited
Maven Capital Partners UK LLP
Gresham House Asset Management Limited
XYZ Reality Limited
Hoxton Ventures
Carbon Quota Limited
EV Chargers (EVC)

Work highlights

Advising Speechmatics on its $62m Series B fundraising led by US investor Susquehanna Growth Equity.
Advising a consortium of four major institutional investors on their exit from Vauban to American tech giant Carta Inc.
Advising Triple Point’s on the sale of its holding in Credit Kudos to Apple in a deal worth $150m.