Taylor Wessing advises leading global IT platform Hofy on its sale to global HR & payroll platform Deel, Inc.
2024年7月22日
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Chambers and Partners UK 2024
Private Equity venture capital investment - Band 1: “Angus Miln seems to know everyone and everything in the venture capital space.”
Angus is recognised as one of the UK's leading venture capital lawyers.
Angus advises investors, companies and management teams on all manner of venture capital and private equity transactions in the technology, life sciences and cleantech sectors.
He specialises in venture capital and private equity transactions, M&A, joint ventures and corporate restructurings. A significant amount of Angus's practice involves crossborder work. Angus's clients praise his negotiation skills, commercial judgement, and attention to detail.
专长
执业领域和服务团队
一般企业
并购与合资
创业咨询
股权和非股权工具的各轮融资（种子轮、后续轮和增长融资）
退出战略（风险投资）
风投基金组建
员工与管理参与
企业风险投资
商业模式实施
CV
Since 2016
Partner, Taylor Wessing
2008 - 2016
Partner, Bird & Bird
2007 - 2008
Senior European Consultant, Bird & Bird
2002 - 2007
Associate, Latham & Watkins
2000 - 2002
Associate, Simmons & Simmons
2000
Secondment, Antfactory Limited, London
1997 - 2000
Paralegal then Trainee Solicitor, Simmons & Simmons, London/Rome
1996
Investec Asset Management, Los Angeles
2000
Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales
1998
LPC, College of Law, London
1996
LLB (Joint Honours) in Law and Italian
职业发展
Since 2016
Partner, Taylor Wessing
2008 - 2016
Partner, Bird & Bird
2007 - 2008
Senior European Consultant, Bird & Bird
2002 - 2007
Associate, Latham & Watkins
2000 - 2002
Associate, Simmons & Simmons
2000
Secondment, Antfactory Limited, London
1997 - 2000
Paralegal then Trainee Solicitor, Simmons & Simmons, London/Rome
1996
Investec Asset Management, Los Angeles
教育
2000
Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales
1998
LPC, College of Law, London
1996
LLB (Joint Honours) in Law and Italian
语言
English
Italian
奖励
Chambers and Partners UK 2024
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Private Equity venture capital investment - Band 1: “Angus Miln seems to know everyone and everything in the venture capital space.”
Chambers and Partners UK 2023
Private Equity (venture capital investments) - Band 1: Angus Miln is widely recognised as a premier lawyer in the venture capital investment space. He displays considerable expertise representing clients in the technology and life sciences sectors. "Angus is the go-to lawyer for emerging and high-growth technology companies. His depth of knowledge and insight puts you three steps ahead of issues." "He's commercial, focused and has a wealth of real-world application. You want him by your side to help you through the most complex matters."
Legal 500 UK 2023
Venture capital - Hall of Fame: "Angus Miln is knowledgeable and experienced." and "frequently takes the lead on advice to disruptive tech companies, including a considerable amount of recent later stage work for fintech companies, including for Monzo Bank which he advised on its oversubscribed Series H funding round."
Chambers UK 2022
Private Equity - Venture Capital Investments: "Angus Miln is widely recognised as a premier lawyer in the venture capital investment space. He displays considerable expertise representing clients in the technology and life sciences sectors."
M&A - lower mid-market deals, £50 million-£500 million
Venture capital (Leading individual)
Leading individual - Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment (Band 1)
Leading individual - Private Equity: Buyouts: Mid-Market (Band 1): Angus Miln is considered by sources to "give extremely valuable advice when dealing with complex legal issues," and able to "perfectly balance the legal framework and its implications with commercial realities." He operates a leading venture capital practice, regularly advising investors and companies in the technology and life sciences fields.
Leading individual - Corporate and commercial: Venture capital
Leading individual - Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment (Band 1): Angus Miln is a top-flight practitioner who concentrates his significant venture capital expertise on the representation of investors, companies and management teams in transactions across the life sciences, technology and cleantech sectors. He stands out for his "broad and deep experience combined with wisdom and wit."
Leading individual - Private Equity (Venture Capital Investments) (Band 1): Angus Miln is praised for his "hugely impressive" skills in venture capital investment transactions. He acts for both funders and investee companies, offering significant expertise in the life sciences and cleantech sectors.
Leading individual - Private Equity (Band 1). “A “very strategic thinker” who attracts extensive praise from market sources. Clients say: “He marshals the transaction incredibly well with his team so you always feel like he’s genuinely engaged and in touch with the transaction…”.
Venture capital (Leading individual)
Experience
OLIO on its US$43 million series B fundraising
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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.
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Investors into Flatfair, a London-based fintech that lets landlords offer “deposit-free” renting to tenants, as it raises USD11m in order to expand its platform.
Gousto on a GBP30 million funding
The UK’s largest online meal-kit manufacturer, Gousto, on its latest GBP30 million fundraising round. Led by private equity investor Perwyn, the investment takes the total funds raised by Gousto to over GBP100 million. Gousto will use the investment to evolve its technology proposition, so it can continue to lead the recipe box category and grow its share of the 1 billion home-cooked meals eaten in the UK weekly. This is the third funding round that Taylor Wessing has advised Gousto on.
Press releaseContinuing to advise long-standing client, Farfetch
Farfetch, the online community of the world’s best fashion boutiques and global brands, on a range of matters. These include on their commercial partnership agreements with retailers such as Harrods, on all of its corporate financing rounds ahead of its USD8bn IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, including it's USD397 million Series G fundraising by new investor, and ecommerce giant, JD.com.
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onefinestay on its sale to AccorHotels (GBP117 million + GBP50 million equity investment).
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