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Humphreys Law Offices
2 Eastborne Terrace
London
W2 6LG
England
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Mr Henry Humphreys
Work Department
Transactional
Position
Managing Partner
Career
2017 – present: Humphreys Law Ltd, Managing Partner
2014 – 2017: Foot Anstey LLP, Head of Venture Capital
2006 – 2014: Reed Smith LLP
Languages
English
Education
2004 – 2005: Bristol Institute of Legal Practice, LPC
2003 – 2004: Bristol Institute of Legal Practice, GDL
1999 – 2002: University College London, Philosophy BA (Hons)
Leisure
Henry is a corporate lawyer by training and has a wealth of experience advising on early to late stage venture capital fundraisings, on all the different formulations of management buy-outs (acting for funds and management teams) and on cross border mergers and acquisitions (buy and sell-side).
Having trained and qualified at Reed Smith LLP, where he spent time on secondment in their Hong Kong office as well as on secondment with Channel 4 and ITV plc, Henry left in 2014 to set up the venture capital team at Foot Anstey LLP.
Henry launched Humphreys Law in September 2017 to focus exclusively on providing the technology ventures space with a credible alternative to the elite City law firms.
Legal500 2022 commented, “‘Helpful and trustworthy’ founding partner Henry Humphreys is knowledgeable of and experienced in the early stage venture market”.
Outside of work, Henry is an intermittent triathlete, a full-time husband and a proud father of three.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
Drawing upon ‘an impressive depth of knowledge and experience in the tech sector’, boutique firm Humphreys Law provides ‘flexible and pragmatic advice’ on mandates throughout the investment life cycle. The team is particularly adept at advising on investee matters, providing ‘tailored legal advice that is both practical and effective’, as a result of the firm’s ‘keen understanding of the needs of founders and entrepreneurs’. Leveraging ‘excellent knowledge in the VC market’, founding partner Henry Humphreys is at the forefront of the most significant mandates handled by the team, including a considerable volume in relation to fintech, health tech and AI.