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22 Bishopsgate
LONDON
EC2N 4BQ
England
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Aaron Archer
Work Department
Emerging Companies
Venture Capital
Mergers & Acquistions
Fintech
Position
Aaron Archer is a partner in the emerging companies and venture practice in London. He specialises in representing both companies and investors who are forming, scaling and investing in high-growth often disruptive companies through a company’s life cycle; from the initial structuring to exit, and all the various types of equity financings (from seed rounds to Series A, B, C and beyond) and general corporate advisory in between. Aaron is also experienced in a broad range of domestic and cross-border corporate transactions, particularly joint ventures and private and public M&A.
Education
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College of Law, Guildford
LPC, 2001 -
University of Reading
LLB, 2000
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
(Next Generation Partners)No longer overshadowed by its more well-established US offering, Cooley (UK) LLP
provides a compelling offering to clients forming, scaling and investing in high-growth often disruptive companies through a company’s life cycle. As well as its transactional prowess, which includes a considerable amount of transatlantic work, the ‘hard working and pragmatic team contributes to thought leadership in the sector’, including its continued involvement for the BVCA on revisions on Series A funding round model documents. ‘An incredibly experienced high-growth company advisor‘, US-qualified team head Ryan Naftulin has ‘unparalleled understanding of UK and US venture’. Aaron Archer is ‘a real powerhouse’ and ‘always keeps the commercial interests of all parties top of mind’.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners London > Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Venture capital London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Industry focus > TMT
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)