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Bella Thornton-Clark

Bella Thornton-Clark

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Bella regularly advises companies ranging from early stage start-ups to late stage unicorns on a wide range of corporate matters. Bella started her career as a venture capital lawyer in San Francisco before moving to London. Her clients value her commercial insight into trends and norms in the Californian start-up market. Bella's practice is focused on technology start-ups with particular emphasis on consumer goods, SaaS, healthcare, and fintech.  

 

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Private equity
Corporate/M&A & capital markets
Environmental, social & governance (ESG)
Corporate venturing
Exit strategies (venture capital)
Employee and management participation
Financing rounds (Seed, subsequent and growth financing) equity and non-equity instruments
Start-up advice
VC funds formation
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Technology, media & communications
Life sciences & healthcare
Fintech
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Biotech
Our USA offering

Over the past 10 years, we've built a trusted legal team in San Francisco, focused on technology, media and communciation, life sciences and healthcare, real estate, private wealth, and private equity. Supported by colleagues in the UK and Europe, we also offer deep expertise in M&A, international growth, commercial deals, and data privacy.

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CV

Since 2024 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2022 - 2024 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2020 - 2022 Associate, Gunderson Dettmer, San Francisco
2019 - 2020 Associate, Kirkland & Ellis, San Francisco
2019 Admission to California Bar
2019 J.D. University of Texas School of Law

Career

Since 2024 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2022 - 2024 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2020 - 2022 Associate, Gunderson Dettmer, San Francisco
2019 - 2020 Associate, Kirkland & Ellis, San Francisco

Education

2019 Admission to California Bar
2019 J.D. University of Texas School of Law

Experience

Blue Earth Therapeutics on the closing of US$76.5 million Series A funding

We have advised Blue Earth Therapeutics and its management on the closing of US$76.5 million Series A funding. The new funding comes from a broad spectrum of experienced biotech investors and enables Blue Earth Therapeutics to further advance its clinical stage prostate-specific membrane antigen-targeted radioligand therapies.

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Advising gene therapy company AlveoGene on its complex spinout and launch investment

We have advised AlveoGene, a new UK gene therapy company on its complex spinout from the Gene Therapy Consortium of Imperial College and the Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh focusing on rare respiratory diseases, as well as on its seed round investment.

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Bella 's news & insights

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Advising Lingotto on its extended Series A funding into Optalysys to US$60 million

6 February 2026

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Advising EpilepsyGTx on its US$33 million Series A financing

10 December 2025

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Advising on £40 million growth investment into Osprey Flight Solutions

9 September 2025

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14 April 2026

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Climate-based claims against car manufacturers: The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has dismissed the climate lawsuits brought by DUH

13 April 2026
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Advising on Sona's US$45 million Series B funding

8 April 2026

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Taylor Wessing strengthens Corporate/M&A practice with Equity Partner Jan Hückel

1 April 2026

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German Federal Court of Justice promotes Legal Certainty for Leaver Clauses in Management Equity Programs in the Private Equity Sector

1 April 2026
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Life sciences & healthcare

Request for a Preliminary Ruling by Federal Court of Justice on the Prohibition of Advertising for Remote Medical Treatments under Section 9 HWG

31 March 2026
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Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM): From Reporting to Real Financial Impact

31 March 2026

by Jan Rataj

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Sustainability Stories: Notpla

30 March 2026
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EU Inc. – The 28th Regime: How the European Commission intends to revolutionise the formation of companies

27 March 2026
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Consumer and Retail in the News

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