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Frances Doherty
Position
Frances is a corporate lawyer specialising in venture and private equity funding, and transactional M&A, in the UK and internationally. She has worked in the growth company ecosystem for more than 20 years and acts as a trusted legal adviser to a large number of technology companies and investors.
Frances is co-lead of the Buy, Build and Invest group which is a key pillar of Simmons Emerging Tech offering.
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
Strategic investments, commercial outsourcing transactions, and the drafting and negotiating of sales contracts with tier 1 banks are among the practice strengths at Simmons & Simmons. The emerging technology group is known for its expertise in areas such as AI, digital assets, tokenisation, disruptive litigation and payments. Co-head Angus McLean
has a proven track record of advising on M&A deals and investments with a significant IP dimension. He is additionally well placed to act as product counsel for fintechs exploring new products and services. Fellow co-head Frances Doherty excels in transactional work connected to emerging technologies. Completing the leadership team, Sophie Sheldon frequently handles regulated outsourcing mandates. Tom Wales‘ wide-ranging focus encompasses commercialisation and collaboration agreements and strategic partnership transactions.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Finance > Securitisation
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Industry focus > TMT
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Real estate > Property litigation