Mr Jeremy Willcocks > Arnold & Porter > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Leveraging the firm’s overarching IP, commercial and regulatory prowess, Arnold & Porter is best-suited to advising life sciences start-ups/corporates throughout their funding life cycle, both domestically and on transatlantic issues by dint of its US resources. As well as acting on life sciences matters, team head  Jeremy Willcocks has experience advising on investments in the cannabis and cybersecurity space, and is able to provide pure venture capital advice alongside broader corporate finance/M&A capabilities by dint of his comprehensive transactional skillset.

Arnold & Porter is a top-level adviser to sovereigns on high-value debt offerings, and its small London team – comprising lead partner Jeremy Willcocks, former US Executive Director of the World Bank Whitney Debevoise, who works in both Washington DC and London, and associate Kardia Leung – is involved in market-leading deals. Willcocks and Leung acted for the Republic of Turkey in sukuk offerings with a value in excess of $5.5bn. The whole London team acted for Hungary in its buy back of U.S. dollar-denominated foreign currency bonds maturing in 2023 and 2024 and the issuance of $4.25bn in new debt. The firm also counts Republic of Nigeria and Republic of Panama among its clients.

With an extensive geographic reach spanning London, the US, Brussels and more recently Amsterdam, the ‘talented industry specialists’ at Arnold & Porter, whose expertise is most keenly concentrated in the life sciences and healthcare sector, are praised by clients for their ‘strong market knowledge’ and ‘commercial thinking.’ The team is well-versed on the full spectrum of corporate transactions and continues to build its reputation in the transport, healthcare and real estate space. Described as the ‘best corporate legal adviser’ by some clients, Jeremy Willcocks is well-versed in a host of multi-jurisdictional matters. Private equity transactions expert Sean Scanlon  also handles various national and international corporate transactions. Marc Isaacs is active in both European and emerging markets, focusing on bilateral and syndicated lending transactions. Tom Wilson and Kardia Leung are further names to note.