Our team supports a range of investment managers, SME companies and entrepreneurs in all manner of transactions, including multi-series fundraising rounds and growth investments, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance and restructuring.
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In July this year we advised funds managed by Foresight on their participation in Spaceflux's £5.4m seed funding round.
Spaceflux has emerged as a key player in the space surveillance and tracking domain thanks to its proprietary AI-driven analytics and cutting-edge optical sensor systems.
The round captured the attention of the national media, featuring on Sky News.
Valerie specialises in private equity and has over 15 years experience advising institutional investors, management teams and corporate clients on management buy outs, investments, acquisitions, and disposals, with a particular focus on VCT and EIS qualifying investments.
Valerie acts for both fund managers, companies, and management teams on investments across a range of sectors including leisure/hospital, technology, and oil & gas, as well as being VCT status monitor for a solar & infrastructure VCT.
Prior to joining RW Blears, Valerie spent 5 years in the Corporate Finance Team at Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP.
Adam is a corporate lawyer who advises fund managers, media and technology companies and entrepreneurs on a broad range of corporate transactions and advisory matters.
Adam has a particular focus on the EIS and VCT scheme, helping clients with complex issues relating to qualification and providing comfort letters. Adam also acts on the launch of new fund management businesses, assisting with fundraising and FCA regulatory advice, as well as advising on LLP and shareholder agreements for founders.
Adam started his career with Osborne Clarke and joined RW Blears in 2012.
Chris is a corporate and funds lawyer who is experienced in advising clients on debt and equity based structures. He advises fund managers, bond arrangers, investors and companies on fund establishments (including various forms of partnerships and unit trusts), bond issues, funding rounds, reorganisations and M&A.
He also has experience of dealing with regulatory applications under the Prospectus Regulations and various listing rules and advises clients on compliance with the requirements of the FCA Handbook.
Prior to joining RW Blears in 2019, Chris worked at Appleby in Jersey, where he moved after starting his career at Berwin Leighton Paisner in London (now Bryan cave Leighton Paisner).
Hannah is a corporate lawyer who has experience working on investments, acquisitions and disposals and providing other general corporate law advice, acting for management teams, entrepreneurs, early-stage companies and institutional investors.
Prior to joining RW Blears in 2023, Hannah worked at a boutique technology-focused law firm, Kemp Little LLP (which was acquired by Deloitte in 2021), having started her career at Clifford Chance.
