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Leading partner in the venture capital category.

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Alexandra specialises in M&A and venture capital transactions, primarily in intellectual property-rich industries. She advises institutional, corporate, and individual investors and the companies they invest in on a wide range of corporate matters, from startup through to exit. This includes venture capital and growth capital investments, debt financings, and M&A.

Alexandra primarily works with clients from the technology, media & communicators sector, including software, fintech, digital media and digital health companies, often on an international basis.

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Games and gambling

Play: the 4th edition of our guide to the video games industry

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Selling your business: a guide for founders and management teams

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CV

Since 2019 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2016 - 2019 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2011 - 2016 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2009 - 2011 Trainee Solicitor, DLA Piper
2011 Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales
2009 LPC, College of Law, Chester
2008 LLB in Law, University of Liverpool

Career

Since 2019 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2016 - 2019 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2011 - 2016 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2009 - 2011 Trainee Solicitor, DLA Piper

Education

2011 Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales
2009 LPC, College of Law, Chester
2008 LLB in Law, University of Liverpool

Awards

Legal 500 UK 2026

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Leading partner in the venture capital category.

Legal 500 UK 2025

Next generation partner

Legal 500 UK 2022

Venture capital (Next generation partner)

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Multiverse on its $44 million Series B fundraising

Multiverse (formerly known as WhiteHat), a UK start-up working with organisations to tackle skills gaps through apprenticeships, on its $44 million Series B funding round. The funding will be used to continue growth in the UK and spearhead a move into the US market. The round was led by General Catalyst, with among others Index Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and GV (formerly known as Google Ventures).

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Alexandra Richardson

World's longest standing cryptocurrency exchange, Bitstamp, sells 80% stake to NXMH

We advised on the 80% sale of Bitstamp to Brussels-based investment firm, NXMH. Founded in the UK in 2011, Bitstamp is the world's longest standing cryptocurrency exchange and the EU's largest by volume, with more than three million registered customers.

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Advising leading global IT platform Hofy on its sale to global HR & payroll platform Deel Inc

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Advising Phagenesis on its US$42 million Series D financing round

28 February 2024

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