Timothy Leeson > Lewis Silkin > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Lewis Silkin
Arbor
255 Blackfriars Rd
LONDON
SE1 9AX
England

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Partner

Career

Corporate Finance

Timothy runs a multi-stage corporate finance practice. His clients are founders, growth companies, the funds that invest in them and financial institutions. This encompasses early stage financing events through to exits, whether via M&A or IPO, and onwards. Timothy believes that acting at each level is essential to his clients in terms of setting present and future expectations.

Technology

Timothy has nearly 30 years of experience acting for technology companies and the investors who support them. Many of his clients are in this sector.

Financial Services

Being London-based it is unsurprising that funds, banks and other financial institutions instruct him, together with those businesses wishing to challenge and compete with them. Timothy spearheads Lewis Silkin’s cross-skills approach to financial services work.

International

Having worked for US firms in London for 10 years his practice has a significant international element. Timothy’s particular focus is in the US, the Middle East (GCC and the Levant/Egypt) and, more recently, parts of the Asia-Pac region.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Corporate and commercial > Venture capital

Lewis Silkin‘s corporate finance and investment practice has a track record of work on funding rounds, follow-on financings and seed investment. The key names are corporate finance head Timothy Leeson and fellow corporate finance partner David Willbe, who also co-heads the firm’s technology sector group