Venture Capital and
Private Equity

Expert lawyers in the Irish and UK venture capital, and private equity ecosystems.

We have an exceptionally experienced team advising on venture capital and equity transactions.

We advise founders, companies and investors on the full range of investment and acquisition transactions, from initial seed capital funding to more advanced stages of the funding cycle, all the way through to exit.

Our transactions team is supported by deep domain expertise within the firm in areas such as data privacy, regulatory, energy, deep tech, real estate, and financial services, to name a few. As a result, our clients benefit from a truly integrated and best in class transactional and specialist team, during their funding transactions.

The team is regularly recognised as one of Ireland’s leading practice teams in mergers, acquisitions, and corporate transactions, in the ExperianIQ M&A Market Review.

We advise client companies across a range of specialist areas and sectors, including Web 3.0, artificial intelligence, fintech, healthtech, cleantech, gaming, and more.

Examples of the advice and assistance we provide to our clients include:

  • Subscription and shareholder agreements
  • Founder agreements
  • Share capital table support
  • Executive service agreements
  • Seed capital, Enterprise Ireland funding, Series A, B, C
  • Convertible loan notes, SAFE agreements, debt/equity funding structures
  • Syndicated funding structures
  • Share option plans and staff incentivisation
  • MBOs
  • Private equity funding and acquisitions
  • Due diligence
  • Corporate secretarial

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The law firm has particular experience acting on transactions involving private equity and venture capital investments, often with cross-border elements.
Chambers Europe, 2023
We need a law firm which is agile and is a business partner – that is why we love working with Philip Lee.
Legal 500, 2020
Corporate Law Firm of the Year 2021
Irish Law Awards