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Neil Foster

Neil Foster

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Partner

Career

Neil Foster is a partner in the Firm's International Corporate Practice Group. He serves as chair of the Global Technology group, co-chair of the Global Energy Transition group, and is a lead partner in the Venture Capital group. His practice includes mergers & acquisitions, venture capital & private equity, and corporate finance. His principal sector experience is in the areas of technology and telecommunications, media and entertainment, life sciences, and energy technology.

Neil has 25 years of experience advising on complex transactions and he represents many large U.S., Middle Eastern, South African, and Asian corporations on their U.K. and European deals.

Neil has been ranked as a "Leading Individual" by Chambers UK for Corporate/M&A every year since 2010 and has been praised for his "precision, commercially dexterous advice and cross-border knowledge." The Legal 500 UK has described Neil as "a hard act to follow in mid-market technology M&A."

Watch Neil's videos below on Global Corporate Venturing, our involvement in COP26 and the webinar he hosted with Greenbackers Investment Capital on Securing a Term Sheet.

Memberships

Solicitor, England & Wales

Education

College of Law, York – Legal Practice Course, 1994 College of Law, London – C.P.E., 1993 University of Durham – B.A., 1992

Mentions

Industry focus • London

TMT