Headed up by the London-based Jeremy Willcocks, Arnold & Porter is noted for its expertise acting for start-ups, early-stage companies, and venture capital funds at all stages of investment rounds and multijurisdictional fundraisings. Willcocks is a corporate finance expert, primarily focusing on the life sciences and finance spheres. Ewan Townsend and Sean Scanlon are also cited as integral members of the outfit.
Testimonials
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‘Jeremy Willcocks and his team have built a very good reputation and relationship with both companies and funders, which makes them a tremendous resource in relation to transactions on fundraising. They are technically excellent and always a pleasure to work with on any matter.’
'An excellent team and are very much able to support clients fantastically through the entire process. They are particularly good at making you feel ultimately prioritised and very much their primary focus, notwithstanding the fact their competence means they will undoubtedly have very busy workloads.’
Key clients
- Policy Platforms Limited
- In-Q-Tel
- Touchlight Genetics
- TELUS International
- Research Innovations, Inc.
- MGAC LLP
- Simpson Strong-Tie
- Cybin, Inc.
Work highlights
- Advised Policy Platforms in all of their corporate matters in 2023. This included an initial pre-seed round with 10 Angels and a follow-on round with a small VC firm and further angel investors later in the year.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jeremy Willcocks