Brown Rudnick LLP

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Neil Foster is a partner in the firm's International Transactions Practice Group. He serves as co-chair of the Global Technology group, chair of the Global Energy Transition group, and is a lead partner in the Emerging Growth Companies & 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, cleantech 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 in Chambers 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 named Neil a “Leading Partner” for Venture Capital and a “Recommended Lawyer” for TMT (technology, media and telecoms). Clients have made the following comments in the recent guides: “Neil is exceptionally responsive, as well as measured and wise in his business dealings and advice. He has supported us on a number of occasions with tricky multi-party negotiations and board governance matters”, “Neil is the driving force behind the Brown Rudnick unique combination of world-class specialist expertise with top notch relationship and client management skills, as he embodies it every day.” And “Neil Foster is an elite networker and superconnector, who has cultivated a thriving ecosystem of colleagues and business partners in the tech investment space, which he regularly convenes for the mutual benefit of all parties. ”As well as his VC and TMT work, Legal 500 notes that Neil is: “A hard act to follow in mid-market technology M&A.”

Neil contributed to Andrew Roman’s 2024 book, Masters of Raising Venture Capital: Inside Secrets from the Silicon Valley. In his chapter, Neil outlines the top ten common mistakes to avoid for companies looking to raise Venture Capital. The book is available to purchase online.

Solicitor, England & Wales

College of Law, York, Legal Practice Course

College of Law, London, C.P.E.

Durham University, B.A