Sam Holdsworth

Sam is a senior associate in the Corporate Technology group, who specialises in advising investors and technology-focused companies on venture capital investments, M&A transactions and other general corporate matters.

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Career

Since 2020	Senior associate, Taylor Wessing
2018 - 2020	Associate, Taylor Wessing
2017 - 2018	Lawyer, Latham & Watkins LLP

2016

Lawyer, Paul Hastings, Janofsky and Walker LLP

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Education

2013	LPC, University of Law
2013	Mandarin, Beijing Language and Culture University
2012	LLB, University of Bristol

Additional languages

English

Mandarin

Expertise

Sectors Technology, media & communications

Experience

Vinted become latest European Unicorn after closing EUR128 million Series E round financing	Vinted, Europe's largest online international C2C marketplace dedicated to second-hand fashion, on its EUR128 million Series E round financing which values the company at over EUR1 billion.The round was led by new investor Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from existing backers including Sprints Capital, Insight Venture Partners, Accel and Burda Principal Investments.
Babylon Health continues to invest in digital healthcare with largest European and US fundraising	Babylon Health, a UK-based digital health subscription provider, on its USD550m fundraising to support expansion into the US and Asia. This is the largest ever fundraising in the European or US digital health sector and values Babylon at over USD2bn. Investors included PIF, ERGO Fund, Kinnevik and Vostok New Ventures.
VC funds	Advising on investments into tech companies by leading venture capital funds, including Index, Backed, Oxx, Grafton and Felix.

Technology companies	Venture capital fund raisings for tech companies, including Trouva, Carwow, Cazoo, HungryPanda Roli, VITL and Orkestro.
An automobile sales platform	An automobile sales platform on the Series D investment from strategic investor.

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